Birthdate: July 3, 1949
Birthplace: Jacksonville, FL
Religion: Methodist
Met John Edwards: At University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Law School
Occupations: Clerk, U.S. District Court Judge Calvitt Clarke, Jr., 1977-1978; attorney, North Carolina Attorney General's office, 1981-1984; Attorney, Merriman, Nicholls and Crampton, 1984-1986; Adjunct Instructor of legal writing, University of North Carolina Law School, early 1990s; Member, Public Fellows at the College of Arts and Sciences at University of North Carolina, 1996-1997.
Education: JD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1977 and BA, English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1971.
Family: Daughters Catherine, 21, Emma Claire, 5, and son Jack, 3. Another son, Wade, was killed in a car crash in 1996 at the age of 16.
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