Attorney
D. Sinclaire Owen Welch
Sinclaire focuses her practice on trusts and estates, estate administration, and real estate partition matters.
Estate Planning
Sinclaire helps estate planning clients establish will-based and trust-based estate plans, including trusts, last wills and testaments, healthcare and financial powers of attorney, HIPAA authorizations, guardianship letters for minors, business interest assignments, and real estate transfers.
Trusts and Estate Administrations
Sinclaire also guides clients through probate, estate administration, and trust administration. Her scope of practice includes representing estates, trustees, beneficiaries, executors, and administrators.
Partitions
Sinclaire represents real estate owners in disputes involving jointly owned property, often inherited real estate or co-purchased real estate. Sinclaire represents clients throughout the private negotiations and the special proceeds partition process.
Sinclaire received her JD from Campbell University School of Law, where she competed for and received the Cheshire Schneider Advocacy Scholarship. She earned her undergraduate degree from Meredith College. Prior to law school, Sinclaire served as a legislative assistant in the North Carolina Senate and fundraiser for The Justice Theater Project.
Sinclaire currently serves as a Lead Project Coordinator for the North Carolina Bar Foundation’s Hospice Pro Bono Project, which connects volunteer attorneys with low-income North Carolinians receiving hospice care to prepare estate planning documents at no cost. She previously served for eight years on the Raleigh Convention Center and Performing Arts Commission, which oversees Meymandi Concert Hall, Fletcher Opera Theater, and Memorial Auditorium. A Raleigh native, Sinclaire is committed to supporting the growth and well-being of the Triangle community.
Outside the office, she enjoys practicing yoga and cherishing time with her son.
Educational Background
J.D.
Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Psychology and Political Science
Meredith College
Professional Memberships
North Carolina State Bar
Wake County Bar Association
Tenth Judicial District Bar
