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Maria Papoulias
Wood
 Education:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., with
honors, Political Science, 1998); Wake Forest University
(J.D., 2001)
Memberships:
North Carolina State Bar;
North Carolina Bar Association;
North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys; Wake County
Bar Association
Practice
Areas:
Medical malpractice defense; nursing home liability
defense
Email:
mwood@ymwlaw.com
Direct Dial:
919-719-6042
Maria
Papoulias Wood joined Yates McLamb & Weyher, LLP in March of
2006 and concentrates her practice in medical malpractice
and nursing home liability defense. Ms. Wood was born on
February 28, 1976 and is a native of Silver Spring,
Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. She attended college
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where
she graduated in 1998 with honors with a Bachelor of Arts
degree in Political Science and a minor in Business
Administration.
She then
attended the Wake Forest University School of Law in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, graduating in 2001. While in
law school, Ms. Wood was a member of the Moot Court Board
and competed in the Jessup International Law East Regional
Moot Court Competition in February 2000, in which her team
advanced to the semi-final round and received the Best Brief
award.
Following
law school, Ms. Wood joined Wilson & Coffey, LLP in
Winston-Salem in September of 2001 where she practiced in
the areas of professional malpractice, including medical
malpractice defense and insurance defense.
Ms. Wood
has tried multiple cases in state superior court and handled
various appellate matters. She has argued at the North
Carolina Court of Appeals and the United States Court of
Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Virginia.
Ms. Wood is
married to Jonathan Wood, an officer with the Raleigh Police
Department. They live in Raleigh and enjoy traveling,
sports, and reading.
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