Bailey Wiseman
Associate Attorney | Charlotte
Bailey Wiseman is an Associate Attorney in the Charlotte office of McIlveen Family Law Firm. Licensed in North Carolina since 2024, she is known for a strategic, thoughtful approach and for guiding clients through complex and sensitive matters with clarity and discretion.
What kinds of cases does Bailey Wiseman handle?
Bailey represents clients in North Carolina family law matters, including child custody, child support, separation and divorce, spousal support and equitable distribution. She is particularly dedicated to cases involving children.
How does Bailey approach a case?
Bailey is a perceptive listener. She starts by understanding a client's priorities and long-term goals and then builds a strategy around them. In cases involving children she works to minimize unnecessary conflict, and her approach is steady, direct and principled, so clients can move through a transition in a way that reflects their values and produces lasting results.
Where did Bailey Wiseman go to school?
Bailey graduated from North Carolina State University in 2020 with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics and a degree in anthropology, a combination that informs both her understanding of family dynamics and her analytical approach to the financial side of a case. She earned her Juris Doctor in 2023 from New England Law | Boston, the first law school in the country founded for women, where she received the Sandra Day O'Connor Scholarship, a full-tuition merit scholarship.
What experience did Bailey have before joining McIlveen Family Law Firm?
Before joining the firm Bailey practiced family law at another Charlotte firm, where her work included appellate practice. She was counsel of record for the appellant in Newell v. Newell (N.C. Court of Appeals, March 2026), an alimony case in which the Court of Appeals sent part of the trial court's order back for correction. Appellate work demands close reading of the record and precise legal writing, skills she brings to every trial-level case.
Where does Bailey practice?
Bailey is based in Charlotte and represents clients in Mecklenburg County and the surrounding counties.
Outside the Practice of Law
Bailey is proud to call Charlotte home. She spends her time off with her extended family, especially at Sunday dinners, and enjoys community involvement, running and music.