Carole Gailor started practice in family law litigation in Virginia in 1978. She and her family moved to North Carolina in 1982 where she continued practicing family law with Boyce, Mitchell, Burns and Smith in Raleigh. In 1986, she joined the Raleigh office of Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge and Rice as a litigation partner practicing there until 1994, when she opened Gailor & Associates, PLLC (now Gailor, Wallis & Hunt, PLLC). Carole has maintained an extensive domestic relations litigation practice throughout North Carolina. She is a certified financial mediator and has acted as a mediator and arbitrator in family law disputes for many years. Her expertise in the areas of business valuation and financial analysis enable her to understand and successfully contest or defend complex business valuations at trial or arbitration.

Throughout her career, Carole has devoted time and energy to improving the quality of the practice of family law. She served on the committee to rewrite and implement the Wake County Domestic Court Rules, promoting early financial disclosure in support cases. She has taught numerous family law courses, and has been a Board Certified Family Law Specialist since 1989.

Carole was admitted to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers in 1997 where she sits on the national Board of Governors for the North Carolina Chapter. She is licensed to practice in North Carolina, Virginia and the District of Columbia.