Biography

Beth focuses her practice on commercial real estate development, land use and government regulation.

Using her natural abilities for building consensus, Beth regularly represents developers, builders, property owners and local governments in land use and municipal law matters. She frequently appears before city councils, planning commissions and boards of adjustment representing clients seeking or opposing rezonings, special and conditional use permits, subdivisions, annexations, variances, text amendments and code interpretations in North Carolina and Virginia.

Beth has been involved in the solar boom in the Southeast and has assisted in the land use permitting of more than 200 utility-scale solar farms representing more than a gigawatt of new energy production for the states of North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.

Beth focuses her practice on commercial real estate development, land use and government regulation.

Using her natural abilities for building consensus, Beth regularly represents developers, builders, property owners and local governments in land use and municipal law matters. She frequently appears before city councils, planning commissions and boards of adjustment representing clients seeking or opposing rezonings, special and conditional use permits, subdivisions, annexations, variances, text amendments and code interpretations in North Carolina and Virginia.

Beth has been involved in the solar boom in the Southeast and has assisted in the land use permitting of more than 200 utility-scale solar farms representing more than a gigawatt of new energy production for the states of North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.

Before Fox Rothschild

Prior to joining Fox Rothschild, Beth was a partner at a national law firm. She is a former partner of Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, and Holt York McDarris & High LLP before their combinations with Fox Rothschild.

Bar Admissions

  • North Carolina
  • Virginia

Education

  • University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law (J.D., 1997)
  • Virginia Commonwealth University (MURP, 1997)
  • University of Richmond (B.A., 1994)

Memberships

  • North Carolina Bar Association, Land Use Section
  • Wake County Bar Association
  • Virginia State Bar, Real Estate Section
  • Triangle Commercial Real Estate Women (1998-present)
  • Wake County Planning Board
    • Member (2002-2010)
    • Chair (2006–2008)
    • Vice Chair (2004-2006)
  • Joint Legislative Study Commission on Municipal Annexation (2009)
  • North Carolina League of Municipalities
    • Technical Advisory Committee (2006-2008)
  • North Carolina Association of Municipal Attorneys' Association
    • Board of Directors (2006-2008)

Honors & Awards

  • Selected to the "Rising Stars" list for North Carolina by Super Lawyers for Land Use/Zoning (2009–2012)
  • Selected to the "Best Lawyers in America" list by Best Lawyers for Land Use and Zoning Law (2009–2022)
  • Named to the "Lawyer of the Year" list for Raleigh in Land Use & Zoning by Best Lawyers (2014)
  • Selected for the Triangle Business Journal's 2006 Women In Business Award
  • Selected to the Triangle Business Journal's "40 Under 40" list (2011)
  • Selected for the Triangle Commercial Real Estate Women Networking Award (2008)