Carol W. Exum - a Raleigh, Hillsborough Estate Planning Lawyer

Raleigh Estate Planning Lawyer

Updated: 03/10/2026

Areas of Practice

Estate Planning
Estate Administration

Attorney Information

Overview

Carol is Of Counsel in Lynch & Eatman, L.L.P. Her practice is focused on estate planning and estate administration. She grew up in Goldsboro, North Carolina, and after graduating from UVA law school, she joined Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP (now Womble Bond Dickinson) in the business litigation practice group. While taking time off from the full-time practice of law to pursue family and volunteer activities, she taught first year legal research, writing and oral advocacy at UNC law school for three years as an adjunct professor, and she served children in foster care as a Guardian ad Litem for ten years. Prior to joining Lynch & Eatman, L.L.P., she worked as a consultant for Crenshaw Consulting Engineers, Inc.

Education

Legal Education
- University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1995
  J.D.
  Honors: Order of the Coif (top 10%), Dillard Fellow
Non Legal Education
- Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1992
  B.A.
  Honors: cum laude
  Honors: Duke-North Carolina Scholar
  Major: Public Policy Studies

Current Employment Position(s)

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Of Counsel
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Past Positions

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, L.L.P., Associate, 1995-2000
UNC School of Law, Adjunct Professor of Law, 2008-2011
Wake County Guardian ad Litem, 2007-2017
Crenshaw Consulting Engineers, Inc., Consultant, 2019-2022

Pro Bono Activities

Joel Lane Museum House
Shepherd’s Table Soup Kitchen
Race for the Cure
Society of St. Andrews

Bar Admissions

North Carolina, 1995
U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina, 1995
U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina, 1995
U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina, 1995
U.S. Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit, 1999

Other Affiliations

North Carolina Bar Association, Member
North Carolina Bar Association, Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law Section
Wake County Bar Association, Member
Wake County Estate Planning Council, Member

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Contact

Raleigh, NC

4130 Parklake Ave
Suite 100
Raleigh, NC 27612

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Phone: 919-944-4655

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