Donna Ambler Davis, PC
Family Law | Serving Chapel Hill, NC
919-933-0950Chapel Hill Family Law Firm
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We Are Committed To Making You Whole Again
For more than 30 years, Donna Ambler Rice has been providing straightforward counsel and expert legal representation to navigate clients through their defining moments of crisis – out of complex divorces, difficult child custody issues, multifaceted equitable division of property and other critical family law matters – and into a place of wholeness and stability.
Our founding attorney, Donna Ambler Rice, is a board-certified family law specialist. She is certified as a family financial mediator by the North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission, and she is trained and certified in collaborative law. Whatever it takes to develop the best strategy to resolve your issue — whether amicably or by litigating for you in court — she is committed to it.
When you hire the law firm of Donna Ambler Davis, PC, we will explore every legal option with you. While we look at litigating in court as a last or sometimes necessary resort, we are highly experienced litigators. We do not settle for less in the outcome of your case, and neither should you.
Contact us today if you need legal assistance with any of the following:
- Family Law
- Divorce, Equitable Distribution
- Domestic Violence
- Alimony and Spousal Support
- Child Custody and Visitation
- Child Support
- Litigation, Arbitration, Mediation and Collaborative Law
- Prenuptial Agreements, Postnuptial Agreements and Separation Agreements
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
Call 919-933-0950 today to arrange your free initial consultation.
Attorney Donna Ambler Rice
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina, 1988
Education
- Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, Virginia
- Juris Doctorate - 05/1988
- Montclair State College, Montclair, New Jersey
- B.A. - 05/1985
- Honors: magna cum laude
Professional Memberships and Achievements
- Orange County Bar Association, President, 1991
- Orange County Bar Association, Secretary/Treasurer, 1990 to 1991
- American Immigration Lawyers Association, Member, 1988
- North Carolina Bar Association, Family Law Section, Children Issues Committee, Past Chairperson
- Orange County Family Lawyers' Association, Past Chairperson
- Judicial District 18 Bar Association, Past Secretary/Treasurer
- North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers’ Family Law Section, Former Chairperson
- North Carolina State Bar, Member
- North Carolina Bar Association, Family Law Section, Member
- Judicial District 18 Bar Association, Member
- Orange County Bar Association, Member
- North Carolina Advocates for Justice, Member
- Academy of Family Mediators, Member
- Triangle Collaborative Family Law Association, Member
- BV Distinguished Attorney, 4.4, Martindale-Hubbell
- North Carolina Super Lawyers
- North Carolina Super Lawyers selected 2009, 2025, and 2026
Attorney Robin F. Verhoeven
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina, 2000
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina
Education
- University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Juris Doctorate - 1998
- Honors: Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Team
- Honors: Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Team
- Frostburg State University
- B.S. - 05/1989
- Honors: cum laude
- Major: Political Science
Professional Memberships and Achievements
- North Carolina State Bar, Member
- Judicial District 18 Bar Association, Member
- Orange County Family Lawyers' Association, Member, 1988
Attorney Kristin Leigh Fistner
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina, 2013
Education
- Elon University School of Law, Greensboro, North Carolina
- Juris Doctorate - 05/2013
- Elon University
- B.A. - 05/2004
Professional Memberships and Achievements
- American Bar Association, Member
- Judicial District 18 Bar Association, Member
- North Carolina State Bar, Member
- North Carolina Bar Association, Member
- North Carolina Bar Association, Family Law Section, Member
- North Carolina Advocates for Justice, Member
Attorney Kelsey Housman
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina, 2023
Education
- North Carolina Central University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina
- Juris Doctorate - 2023
- New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
- B.C.J. and B.A. - 2014