Mindy Cyr

Before relocating to North Carolina in 2015, I practiced law in New Hampshire for over 12 years. My legal career began in 1992 when I worked as a Senate Legislative Assistant for the New Hampshire General Court. During that time, I developed a strong interest in policy-making and administrative law.

After earning my Juris Doctor, I began my legal practice as a county prosecutor and later joined a small, boutique law firm, where I focused on legislative, administrative, and regulatory matters, as well as both criminal and civil litigation.

In 2005, I joined the New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration as the Department’s sole Hearing Officer, where I adjudicated state tax cases. Five years later, in 2010, I became the Department’s Tax Policy Analyst. In this role, I provided legal and policy guidance to the Department and represented the Department before the Governor’s Office, various legislative committees, and the broader tax practitioner community on issues involving state and local taxation.

I also led the Department’s Tax Policy and Legislative Analysis Group, which delivered legal, statistical, and fiscal analysis to the New Hampshire General Court (specifically the House and Senate Ways & Means Committees), the Governor, and other state agencies and public officials.

Most recently, I served as the Senior Law Clerk for the Honorable Jeffery Carpenter in the North Carolina Court of Appeals.

I earned my bachelor’s degree, cum laude, from Saint Anselm College, and my Juris Doctor from the University of New Hampshire School of Law. While in law school, I contributed to and later served as editor for the “Annual Survey” edition of the New Hampshire Bar Journal, a predecessor to the current University of New Hampshire Law Review.

Working with law students at Elon University School of Law since 2017 has been the highlight of my legal career. Nothing has been more professionally fulfilling than being a part of the educational process that develops the next generation of leading lawyers.