Sarah Patterson ("Patsy") Brison, born Gastonia, North Carolina; admitted to bar, 1983, North Carolina, U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of North Carolina, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court.

Education: University of North Carolina-Greensboro (B.A., 1972); Campbell University School of Law (J.D., 1983). Phi Alpha Delta; Omicron Delta Kappa. Moot Court Board. Member, Campbell Law Review, 1982-1983. Listed Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, 1983. Author: Comment, "North Carolina 's 1981 Waste Management Act and Its Impact on Local Governments: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," Campbell Law Review, Spring, 1983.

Member: North Carolina Bar Association (Council Member, Litigation Section; Women in the Profession Committee; Sections on: Construction Law; Education Law; Government and Public Sector Law; Litigation; Zoning, Planning and Land Use) (former Member, Council for Construction Law and Government and Council for Public Sector Law Sections); North Carolina State Bar; 28th Judicial District Bar Member, President Elect, Executive Committee); North Carolina Association of Municipal Attorneys; North Carolina Council of School Attorneys; North Carolina School Boards Association; National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys; National School Boards Association; North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys.

Areas of Practice: Zoning and Land Use Law; Construction Law; Litigation; Government and Public Sector Law.

Experience Includes:

• Municipal Law - over 16 years of experience representing the City of Asheville, North Carolina as Assistant City Attorney
• Zoning and Land Use Law - over 20 years of experience
• Municipal Financing - over 20 years of experience
• Construction and Purchasing - over 20 years of experience
• Real Property - over 20 years of experience with local government conveyances and acquisitions
• Appellate practice before State and Federal Courts

Representative Clients:

• Town of Weaverville
• Housing Authority of the City of Asheville
• Trustees of Southwestern Community College
• North Carolina School Boards Trust
• Town of Black Mountain Board of Adjustment

Community Service:

• Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. - Member, National Board of Directors
• Girl Scouts of Western North Carolina Pisgah Council - Former President
• YWCA of Asheville - Former President
• Presbyterian Church of the U.S.A. - Ordained Elder