Anna Baird Choi - Partner

Email - achoi@allenpinnix.com

Anna Baird Choi is a native of Raleigh, North Carolina.  For the past 14 years, she focused her practice in administrative law, beginning with a clerkship in the N.C. Office of Administrative Hearings after graduating from law school.  After gaining extensive experience and exposure to the many different facets of N.C. administrative law, she worked as an Assistant Attorney General in the N.C. Department of Justice, representing both Dorothea Dix Hospital (the State’s oldest psychiatric hospital) and the Division of Child Development (DCD).  In her role as counsel for DCD, she advised the agency on matters related to licensing, administrative actions taken against licensed businesses, and other matters related to the regulation of the child care industry.  In her role as an Assistant Attorney General, she also represented the State in personnel matters. During the past eight years, she has worked in private practice, representing businesses and individuals with immigration needs, occupational licensing boards, and individuals/businesses with issues related to State licensing matters. She is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (2009).


PRACTICE

Administrative Law, Employment Law, Public Policy, and Immigration


FOCUS

Professional and Occupational Licensing, Employment Law, Regulatory Compliance


EDUCATION

Campbell University School of Law, JD, 1994
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, BA, 1990


STATE ADMISSIONS

North Carolina, 1994


COURT ADMISSIONS

Eastern District, U.S. District Court


SELECTED EXPERIENCE

  • Counsel for the N.C. Licensing Board for General Contractors, N.C. Board of Nursing, Social Work Certification and Licensure Board, N.C. Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators, and N.C. Board of Funeral Services.
  • Represents clients before numerous occupational/professional licensing boards including N.C. Real Estate Commission, N.C. Board of Pharmacy, N.C. Medical Board and N.C. Board of Plumbing, Heating and Fire Sprinkler Contractors.
  • Represents child care centers before the N.C. Division of Child Development.
  • Serves as independent hearing officer in personnel grievances filed by State employees.

BACKGROUND

  • N.C. Bar Association, Immigration Law Committee (Chairman).
  • N.C. Bar Association, Administrative Law Section Council.
  • Marbles Kids Museum, Board of Directors (2007-2009).
  • Junior League of Raleigh (1996 to current); currently the co-chair of the Brentwood Boys & Girl’s Club project.  Past leadership positions include:
    • Annual Fund Chair
    • Government Relations and Public Affairs Chair
    • Training Chair
    • Membership Development Chair
  • N.C. Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Junior Membership Chair (2006-2009).
  • Wake County Courthouse KidsCenter, Board of Directors and Board Secretary (2000-2004).
  • Wake County Commission for Women (2002-2003).
  • Capital City Clauses, Board of Directors and Board Treasurer (1999-2001).