Attorney André C. Wharton graduated with honors from Hampton University in 1999 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marketing. He then journeyed south to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where he attended and finished law school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) in 2002. At UNC Law, André was a mock trial finalist and obtained awards as the Best Negotiator and as a finalist in the National Environmental Negotiation Moot Court competition. While at UNC Law, consistent with what he still believes to be an obligation in improving and empowering his community, André was enrolled in the criminal law clinic where he counseled and tried cases for juveniles who had made missteps and were charged with delinquent matters in the Durham, North Carolina courts.