About Rebekah
Rebekah Grafton earned her law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, completing her J.D. in 2008 after beginning law school in 2005. Her time at Chapel Hill set the technical and practical foundation that carried her into both private practice and government service.
Grafton began her professional career as an associate at Sullivan & Worcester in 2008. That position was brief but consequential, coming immediately after law school and offering exposure to complex commercial and litigation matters at a national firm. Within a year she moved into public service, joining the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, where she served as Assistant Chief Counsel in 2009. In that post she managed litigation and casework arising from immigration enforcement and agency proceedings.
By 2013 Grafton had shifted back to private practice and assumed a leadership role as Managing Partner of Fay & Grafton. She has guided the firm through its development and helped to expand its operations. The firm maintains offices in Raleigh and Asheville, allowing the practice to serve clients across North Carolina while retaining connections to broader federal matters.
Grafton is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and North Carolina. She is active in professional organizations relevant to her practice. She has been a member of the North Carolina Bar Association since 2016 and joined the North Carolina Advocates for Justice in 2017. She also holds membership in the Federal Bar Association, including engagement with the immigration section, since 2016.
Her career path crosses both government and private sectors. That background informs her approach to cases that implicate federal agency procedures and litigation. Colleagues and opposing counsel have encountered her in courtroom settings, administrative hearings and in filings before federal bodies. She combines the procedural knowledge acquired at DHS with the practice management skills developed at Fay & Grafton.
Outside of direct casework she participates in bar activities and section meetings tied to immigration law. Those involvements give her regular contact with developments in federal practice and procedural changes that affect clients.
She currently maintains offices in Raleigh and Asheville and her practice centers on immigration and related federal matters.
