Jamie S. Schwedler

Jamie S. Schwedler is a North Carolina lawyer, partner, and Development Services Industry Team Leader at Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, focusing on zoning, land use, real estate development, real property litigation, and related regulatory matters. She advises developers and landowners on zoning requests, entitlement reviews, real estate acquisitions, and development regulations. Her work includes transportation and infrastructure issues connected with significant development projects. Her litigation practice covers real property, contracts, zoning, unfair trade practices, entertainment & sports law and related business disputes. She represents clients before courts, regulatory boards, and commissions.

Jamie earned her B.A., magna cum laude, from Clemson University. She later earned her J.D., with honors, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her academic training provided a foundation for legal work involving property development, regulatory analysis, litigation, and land use matters.

Jamie has appeared before North Carolina district and superior courts in complex real property and business disputes. Her appellate experience includes matters before the North Carolina Court of Appeals and North Carolina Supreme Court. She has handled appeals before the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Before entering legal practice, she worked as a project manager for an international landscape architecture, planning, and economic development firm. That experience included planned communities, urban revitalization, transit-oriented development, and large-scale master planning.

Jamie S. Schwedler brings legal and development experience to complex real estate projects and disputes. She advises on rezoning, development agreements, infrastructure arrangements, property tax matters, acquisitions, and entitlement issues. Her representative work includes major mixed-use, residential, commercial, university, and sports development projects across North Carolina. She has earned recognition from Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA for her work involving commercial litigation, real estate, and land use.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
• Member, North Carolina State Bar
• Past Council Member, North Carolina Bar Association, Zoning, Planning & Land Use Section
• Secretary, Clemson Architectural Foundation, Executive Committee
• Member, Urban Land Institute, Steering Committee, Women’s Leadership Initiative (Triangle), 2013-2019
• Member, Boys & Girls Club of Wake County, Fundraising Team, 2013-2014
• Past Member, Wake County Bar Association, Pro Bono Committee

Licensed State

• North Carolina

Education

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Clemson University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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