The Law Offices of Deborah F. Maury

Deborah F. Maury, Attorney At Law, North Carolina Board Certified Social Security Specialist
Deborah Maury attended University of Delaware, graduating magna cum laude in 1972. She graduated from University of Maryland School of Law in 1975. She is admitted to the bars of North Carolina and Maryland, having practiced in North Carolina since 1982. She is admitted to practice before the United States Court, Middle District of North Carolina, Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and North Carolina state courts.

Since the mid-1980’s Deborah has maintained a private practice emphasizing Social Security disability law and workers compensation. She has represented claimants at all administrative levels and in the federal court system. She belongs to the National Organization of Social Security Representatives and the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, Social Security and Worker’s Compensation Sections of the Academy of Trial Lawyers. She is a North Carolina Board Certified Social Security Specialist and a former Membership Director of the Social Security Section. She has given presentations on topics related to Social Security law to various legal and non-legal groups throughout her practice.

Deborah is married to Michael Curtis, a professor of law at Wake Forest School of Law. She has a son, Matthew Curtis-Maury, who is a graduate student at William and Mary. Her interests include horseback riding and reading.

Shannon D. Gilreath, Attorney At Law
Shannon Gilreath graduated magna cum laude from Lenoir-Rhyne College in 1998 and from Wake Forest University School of Law, where he was a Brown Scholar, in 2002.

Currently employed by Wake Forest University School of Law, he maintains an appellate law practice on a consulting basis and has conferred with various lawyers on appeals issues at the state and federal court level. He regularly consults with Ms. Maury when a claim has reached the appellate stage. Mr. Gilreath has researched and written about various aspects of the law, including Social Security law and practice.

Mr. Gilreath actively participates in legal and community affairs serving on the Board of Directors for the North Carolina Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, the Economic Development Loan Review Committee for the City of Winston-Salem, and the North Carolina Bar Association’s Law School Liaison Committee.