Debra Creasy Carlson comes to Wilkins and Co after practicing law for 18 years in Danville.  She has recently received her Virginia real estate license and now joins Wilkins and Co as a new Realtor. Her law practice focused on real estate law and in doing so, she has represented hundreds of buyers, sellers and lenders and has performed thousands of real estate closings. With this unique professional experience, she brings years of knowledge of real estate transactions and contracts to help her buyers and sellers navigate the process of buying and selling homes.  
 

Debra grew up in Danville and graduated from George Washington High School in 1982. She then continued her education at Danville Community College and graduated in 1984 with a degree in Liberal Arts and in Business Administration.  In 1986 she graduated from the College of William and Mary with a B.A. in Government and received her law degree from Mississippi College School of Law in 1989.   
 

She currently teaches in the MBA program at Averett University and has also taught real estate law at both DCC and at Averett in the undergraduate programs. This year she received the affiliate of the year award from the Dan River Region Association of Realtors in January and was named as an Outstanding Alumni by the Danville Community College (DCC) Alumni Association in May of 2008.   
 

She is married to Ken Carlson, a computer integration specialist with Siemens Corporation and they have two children, Conner and Marlene.