About

An uncommon approach yields uncommon results

In 2009, Kathy Worm founded her firm to use the employment and corporate law training and experience she gained at large national firms to provide clients with the personalized and committed service that they deserve. She now focuses her expertise on three practice areas: Coaching Executives in Transition; Conducting Workplace Investigations; and Counseling Academic Entrepreneurs, Researchers, and Consultants.

Kathleen N. Worm, Esq.

• Over 30 years legal experience
• Recognized by Super Lawyers as a 2025 Top 50 Women Lawyer in North Carolina
• Selected to North Carolina Super Lawyers 2018 to present
• Consistently named to Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite for Employment Law
• Named one of the Top 100 Female Attorneys in North Carolina by Business North Carolina
• Prior Experience:
  • Hutchison Law Group (Former Member and Head of the Employment Law Group) (Raleigh)
  • Capital Associates (In-house Counsel) (Raleigh)
  • Womble Carlyle Sandridge and Rice (Associate) (Raleigh)
  • Jackson & Walker (Associate) (Dallas)
  • Baker & Botts (Paralegal) (Houston and Dallas)
• Community Involvement:
  • Green River Preserve Board of Directors 2016 to present, Cedar Mountain, NC
  • ETHEL Foundation for the Arts, Board Member 2018 to present, New York, NY
• Previous Community Involvement:
  • National Co-Chair: The Initiative to Educate Afghan Women
  • The Raleigh School: Board of Directors 2014 to 2020; 2000 to 2003; Acting Head of School Spring 2018
  • Board of Directors, The Sunflower Initiative (Scholarships for Woman’s College Students)
  • Board of Directors and Board of Advisors, Arts Together
  • Board of Advisors, BJAC, Inc. (Architectural Firm)
  • Board of Directors of the Contemporary Science Center
  • Cary Academy PTAA (Band and Debate)
• Education:
  • Emory University, JD (1990)
  • Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, BA Economics (1982)