Heather T. Baker

Associate
hbaker@tcdg.com
Telephone: (919) 873-0166
Facsimile: (919) 873-1814

Heather graduated magna cum laude from North Carolina State University in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, and minors in Art & Design and Journalism. She was inducted into the Phi Eta Sigma Honors Fraternity in 2002. Heather received her Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina School of Law in May 2009.

While in law school, Heather was a staff writer and later served as Publication Editor of the North Carolina Journal of Law & Technology. Her article, "A Bill Without Bite: Why Effective Copyright Monitoring Was Not a Fair Trade-Off for Making College More Affordable," was published in Volume 9 of the Online Edition of the Journal of Law & Technology. Heather interned for the Capital Litigation/Federal Habeas Corpus Division of the North Carolina Attorney General's office during the summer of 2007 and worked as a summer associate at Teague Campbell in the summer of 2008.

In addition to her academic achievements, while at UNC School of Law, Heather co-founded an organization, Graduate2Graduate, which paired law school students with local high school students who were targeted as being academically at risk. She also volunteered to work on various pro bono projects and worked at the UNC Civil Litigation Clinic. Prior to law school, Heather worked as a Medicare specialist at a pharmaceutical corporation and as a communications intern at the North Carolina Arts Council.

Heather joined the firm in September 2009. She is a member of the North Carolina State Bar, North Carolina Bar Association, Wake County Bar Association, and the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys. She divides her practice between general civil defense litigation and workers' compensation.