HNBA National Lawyer Referral Service

The HNBA National Lawyer Referral Service

Experience & Credentials

STATE OF ADMISSION

New Mexico

North Carolina

AREA(S) OF PRACTICE

Antitrust law
Appellate practice
Bad Faith Insurance Law
Battery
Catastrophic Injuries
Civil law
Civil Rights
Class Action Litigation/Mass Tort Litigation
Competition Law
Consumer law
Discrimination
Employee Rights Law
Employment Discrimination Law
Employment law
Entertainment law
First Amendment Law
Fraud Law
General negligence/liability
Insurance Fraud
Intellectual Property law
Litigation
Mass Tort
Personal Injury Law
Products liability
Scams
Sports Law
Torts Law
Whistleblower

MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

American Bar Association, American Association for Justice

PUBLICATIONS

Celeste H.G.

Boyd

Of Counsel | Paynter Law

Hillsborough , NC

cboyd@paynterlaw.com | (919) 307 - 9991

www.paynterlaw.com

Biography

Celeste H.G. Boyd works with Paynter Law on matters involving primarily antitrust, intellectual property, and consumer protection. She has been heavily involved in the firm's litigation on behalf of consumers against debt settlement companies who prey on finally struggling consumers, as well as litigation on behalf of NCAA student-athletes against the NCAA and Electronic Arts, a videogame maker using athletes' likenesses without their permission.

During law school, Ms. Boyd worked at the Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center in San Francisco, where she worked on lawsuits related to employment discrimination based on national origin. She also worked as a Summer Associate in the litigation division of Morrison│Foerster LLP, and as a Student Director of the Community Lawyering Clinic at Yale Law School helping low-income New Haven residents access legal services.

After graduating from law school, Ms. Boyd worked as a Staff Attorney at the New Mexico Center on Law & Poverty, where she helped press for legislative and administrative policy changes to help low-income New Mexicans. After she and her husband, a U.S. Army officer, were transferred to a new state for the second time in as many years, Ms. Boyd launched her own freelance legal practice. In that practice, she took on a variety of project based legal work ranging from appellate brief-drafting for solo practitioners, to analyzing legislation for nonprofits, to reviewing licensing contracts for a large corporation.

Ms. Boyd is a member of the bars of New Mexico and North Carolina, and is not licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia or any other state. Her work with Paynter Law is based out of the firm's North Carolina office.

2020 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Suite 279 | Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (202) 223-4777 Ext. 302 | Fax: (202) 503-3403
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