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New Board of Governors Takes Office
Article Date: Sunday, June 22, 2008
The North Carolina Bar Association formally elected new vice presidents and members of the Board of Governors during the 2008 Annual Meeting in Atlantic Beach. These individuals will also serve on the Board of Directors of the NCBA Foundation, Inc.
Serving one-year terms as vice presidents will be:
Justice Paul M. Newby of the N.C. Supreme Court, where he has served since 2004. Newby, who served for more than 19 years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, received his undergraduate degree from Duke University in 1977 and graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1980.
Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Beverly T. Beal of Lenoir. Judge Beal has served on the bench since 1991. The president-elect of the N.C. Conference of Superior Court Judges, Beal received his undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University in 1968 and graduated from the Wake Forest University School of Law in 1974.
Chief District Court Judge Joseph E. Turner of Greensboro. Judge Turner has served on the bench since 1988. The president-elect of the N.C. Association of District Court Judges, Turner received his undergraduate degree from Davidson College in 1972 and is a 1976 graduate of the University of North Carolina School of Law.
Dean Melissa A. Essary of the Campbell University School of Law. Dean Essary has served in that capacity for two years following 16 years as a member of the law school faculty at Baylor University. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1982 and graduated from the Baylor University School of Law in 1985.
Serving a two-year term as vice president will be C. Marcus Harris of Charlotte, where he has practiced with Poyner & Spruill LLP since 1993. Harris received his undergraduate degree from Duke University in 1965, earned a master’s degree from the University of Arizona in 1966, and graduated from the Duke University School of Law in 1972.
The newly elected members of the NCBA Board of Governors, who will serve three-year terms expiring in 2011, are:
M. Ann Anderson, a private practitioner from Pilot Mountain, where she has practiced since 1996. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1976 and graduated from the UNC School of Law in 1981.
L. Neal Ellis Jr. of Hunton & Williams LLP in Raleigh, where he practiced since 1978. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1970 and received his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1975.
Kim W. Gallimore, who has practiced law with Wyatt Early Harris Wheeler LLP of High Point since 1980. He received his undergraduate degree from Duke University in 1977 and graduated from the Wake Forest University School of Law in 1980.
Kimberly Bullock Gatling who has practiced with Smith Moore LLP in Greensboro since 2000. She received her undergraduate degree from North Carolina A&T State University in 1996 and graduated from the George Washington University School of Law in 1999.
Daniel F. McLawhorn who serves as an associate city attorney for the City of Raleigh, a position he has held since 2003. He received his undergraduate degree from Davidson College in 1970 and graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1974.
Paul A. Meggett who serves as associate general counsel for the UNC Health Care System in Chapel Hill. He received his undergraduate degree from North Carolina State University in 1995 and graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1998.
R. Michael Wells of Wells Jenkins Lucas & Jenkins in Winston-Salem, where he has practiced since 1993. Wells is a 1971 graduate of the University of Virginia and received his law degree from the Wake Forest University School of Law in 1974.
The remaining two years of David Bohm’s term, which also expires in 2010, will be filled by Chief Administrative Law Judge Julian Mann III of the Office of Administrative Hearings in Raleigh. Mann received his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1969 and graduated from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in 1974.
The vacancy was created this spring when Bohm was named assistant executive director of the North Carolina Bar Association.