Whitney Fairbanks

Profile

Whitney Fairbanks joined the School of Government in 2008. Prior to that, Fairbanks worked for three years as an assistant public defender in Durham County where she represented respondent parents in abuse and neglect, and termination of parental rights proceedings; and juveniles in delinquency proceedings. She was in private practice in both Raleigh and Greenville before joining the public defender's office. Fairbanks earned a BA from the University of Tennessee, and a JD with honors from Gonzaga University in Spokane.