ANNEMARIE PANTAZIS
Attorney at Law
amp@pantazislaw.com
Board Certified Workers' Compensation Specialist

Practice Areas: Workers' Compensation; Civil Litigation; Traffic Defense.

Admitted: 1999, North Carolina State Bar; 1999, U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina, 2002; Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals; 2006, U.S. Supreme Court.

Education: Wake Forest University School of Law, J.D., 1999; College of William & Mary, B.A. 1994.

Member: American Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, Mecklenburg County Bar, Workplace Injury Litigation Group, North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys

Classes & Seminars Taught: Worker's Compensation 2006, Wake Forest Continuing Legal Education Series; Novel Issues of Course and Scope 2005, Sterling Education Services. Workers' Compensation 2003, Wake Forest Continuing Legal Education Series; Worker's Compensation 2002, Wake Forest Continuing Legal Education; General Practice 2003—Workers’ Compensation, Wake Forest Continuing Legal Education

Biography: Annemarie Pantazis was born September 12, 1973 in Washington, D.C. She grew up in Stafford, Virginia, and earned a degree in government from the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1994. After graduating from college, she moved back to the Washington, D.C. area and worked for a contractor at the National Institutes of Health installing and managing computer networks. She moved to Winston-Salem in 1996 to attend law school at Wake Forest University. While at Wake Forest, she was a published member of the Wake Forest Law Review and served as Chief Justice of the Wake Forest Moot Court Board. She participated in the Wake Forest study abroad program where she studied the common law system in London and the continental law system in Venice. After receiving her law degree in 1999, Ms. Pantazis joined the firm of Cranfill, Sumner & Hartzog, L.L.P. in Charlotte, North Carolina where she represented the interests of insurance companies and employers in workers' compensation claims and civil litigation. In 2002, Ms. Pantazis left the defense side to devote her practice to representing those who have suffered work related and other injuries in North Carolina. She is certified by the North Carolina State Bar as a specialist in workers' compensation law. She is a frequent lecturer and author of several articles in the area of workers' compensation law.

Ms. Pantazis' interests include traveling and sports. She was the captain of her college rugby team and earned All-State honors at her position. She is an avid football fan and enjoys flag football, softball, and running.