Catherine Loden Wilson - Durham, NC
Attorney at McPherson, Rocamora, Nicholson, Wilson & Hinkle, PLLC
Lawyers in Durham, NC
3211 Shannon Road Suite 400 Durham, NC 27707 - 6328
Updated: 03/10/2026
Attorney Information
Overview
A native of Opelika, Alabama, Catherine joined the firm in 2011 upon her family’s move to Durham. She is a graduate of David Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, with a B.A. in English, magna cum laude (2001), and earned her law degree from Vanderbilt University in 2005 where she was an Honors Scholar and served as Executive Articles Editor for the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. She also earned a Masters of Theological Studies from Vanderbilt University Divinity School in 2005 as well.
Upon graduation, Catherine practiced with the Birmingham, Alabama law firm of Sirote & Permutt, P.C., from 2005 to 2011, working exclusively in the areas of trusts and estates. She is a member of the American, North Carolina, Alabama, and Durham Bar Associations and is a member of the Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law Section of the North Carolina Bar. She also serves on the Board of the Fourteenth Judicial District Bar, the Durham County Bar Association, and the Durham Bar Foundation.
Catherine’s practice focuses on estate planning, special needs planning, guardianships, taxation law, and trust and estate litigation. Her special needs practice includes assisting with planning for family members with special needs and also the post-litigation establishment of special needs trusts designed to receive personal injury awards.
Education
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Legal Education
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Vanderbilt University Law School,
Nashville,
Tennessee, 2005
JD
Honors: Honors Scholar
Honors: Vanderbilt Academic Excellence Award in Advanced Estate Planning
Honors: Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership in the Professions
Law Journal: Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Executive Articles Editor
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Vanderbilt University Law School,
Nashville,
Tennessee, 2005
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Non Legal Education
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David Lipscomb University, 2001
BA
Honors: magna cum laude
Honors: Johnson Award in English
Honors: Editor in Chief, David Lipscomb University Backlog
Major: English -
Vanderbilt University, 2005
MA
Major: Theological Studies
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David Lipscomb University, 2001
Current Employment Position(s)
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Member
Past Positions
- Sirote & Permutt, PC, Attorney
Bar Admissions
- Alabama, 2005
Other Affiliations
- Alabama State Bar (Member)
- American Bar Association (Member)
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Contact
3211 Shannon Road
Suite 400
Durham, NC 27707 - 6328
Phone: (919) 493-0584
Fax: (919) 493-0856
Email: Send a message
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