Samantha is licensed to practice law in North Carolina since 1996. She has been a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LFTM-A) in North Carolina since 2022.
She is Senior Managing Director for Guidepost Solutions, LLC, a Washington D.C.-based company focused on domestic and international investigations, compliance solutions, monitoring, and security and technology consulting.
In this role, Kilpatrick leads the Faith-Based Organizations practice group. This group collaborates with religious institutions and parachurch organizations of all faiths and practices both in the U.S. and abroad on a host of compliance, cultural and investigative matters.
Before joining Guidepost Solutions, Kilpatrick was founding member of Kilpatrick Law Group, PLLC, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her areas of practice included general civil litigations and criminal law and traffic offenses. She also provided general counsel services for a variety of faith-based organizations, including consulting for abuse awareness, prevention and response.
She holds degrees in Christian Marriage, Family, and Individual Counseling (B.A., Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2021), law (University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, 1996), and Political Studies and Psychology (B.A., Meredith College, 1993).
Her professional affiliations include:
- Member North Carolina State Bar (admitted 1996)
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Wake County Bar Association (Bench/Bar Committee 2021)
- Tenth Judicial District Bar Association
Community service:
- Trinity Academy of Raleigh, Raleigh, N.C.
- Past Member – Capital Campaign Steering Committee
- Former Board Member and Vice Chair of Board
- Varsity Women’s Tennis Head Coach – 2016-2022 and 2024
- Conference Coach of the Year 2021
- Conference Coach of the Year 2021
- Providence Baptist Church, Raleigh, N.C. Member – 1998 to Present
- Student Ministry Volunteer – 2012 to 2021
- Czech Republic Missions Team – 2016 to Present
- Lay Counselor – 2019 to Present
- ChurchCares Curriculum Team, Southern Baptist Convention (2018-2019)
- Member, USTA Women’s Capital Area Tennis League, Raleigh, N.C.