Ruth I. Bradshaw graduated cum laude from North Carolina Central University Law School with her J.D. degree in 2006. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Family and Child Development and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, Virginia, where she graduated magna cum laude in 1998.

She was licensed to practice law in North Carolina in 2006. She joined Davis & Harwell early in 2007 after beginning her practice in Carrboro, N.C.

In 2004-2005, while attending law school, Ms. Bradshaw served as Case Manager for the NCCU School of Law Innocence Project. She currently volunteers as a supervising attorney for the Wake Forest University School of Law Innocence Project.

In 2005-2006, Ms. Bradshaw served as secretary of NCCU School of Law Moot Court Board and was recognized for legal writing skills in the 2005 Ernest Fullwood Moot Court Competition. She was also a semi-finalist in the Immigration Law Moot Court Competition held at New York University Law School in February 2006.

Ms. Bradshaw is a member of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers and serves on the Academy’s Appeals Monitor Committee. She is also a member of the North Carolina Bar Association and Forsyth County Bar Association.

She has experience in family law matters as well as real estate, employment law, estate planning, and civil litigation.

Her practice at Davis & Harwell is concentrated in family law.