Recipients Announced For 2010 Citizen Lawyer Awards

Article Date: Wednesday, June 02, 2010

Written By: Russell Rawlings

The North Carolina Bar Association, in conjunction with the Citizen Lawyer Task Force, is pleased to announce the 2010 recipients of the Citizen Lawyer Award. Formal presentation will take at the NCBA Annual Meeting, scheduled June 24-27 at the Hilton Wilmington Riverside.

 

The NCBA Citizen Lawyer Award was established in 2007 to recognize lawyers who provide exemplary public service to their communities. Honorees include elected and appointed government officials, coaches, mentors and voluntary leaders of non-profit, civic and community organizations.

 

The 2010 recipients are:

• Marcia High Armstrong, Smithfield
• W. Louis Bissette, Jr., Asheville
• Judge Brenda Green Branch, Roanoke Rapids
• Frank Edward Emory, Jr., Charlotte
• Alan Scott Hicks, Roxboro
• Jimmie Banks Hicks, Jr., New Bern
• Henry H. Isaacson, Greensboro
• Mark West Owens, Jr., Greenville
• Thomas W. Ross, Davidson
• Kimberly Woodell Sieredzki, Clayton
• Harriett Twiggs Smalls, Greensboro
• Luther Donald Starling, Jr., Clinton 

Bill Gammon of Raleigh who chairs the Citizen Lawyer Task Force for 2009-10 will join NCBA President John R. Wester in presenting the Citizen Lawyer Awards at the 2010 NCBA Annual Meeting.

 

In addition to the awards ceremony, a special breakfast event honoring new and former recipients of the Citizen Lawyer Award will also be held at the Annual Meeting.

 

Previous recipients of the Citizen Lawyer Award are:

2009

Lisa M. Angel, Raleigh

Rep. Philip A. Baddour, Jr., Goldsboro

Carole W. Bruce, Greensboro

Sen. Daniel G. Clodfelter, Charlotte

Shirley L. Fulton, Charlotte

Robert E. Harrington, Charlotte

J. Wade Harrison, Burlington

W. Paul Holt, Jr., Sylva

Paul A. Meggett, Chapel Hill

James W. Narron, Smithfield

Kimberly H. Stogner, Winston-Salem

Kristi Kessler Walters, Charlotte

 

2008

Shirley Herman Anthony, Hickory

Aretha V. Blake, Charlotte

Martin H. Brinkley, Raleigh

Patsy Brison, Asheville

Sen. Pete Brunstetter, Winston Salem

Lucien "Skip" Capone III, Greensboro

Jay J. Chaudhuri, Raleigh

Samuel B. Dixon, Edenton

A. Doyle Early, Jr., High Point

Carolyn Burnette Ingram, Kenansville

William O. White Jr., Roanoke Rapids

 

2007

Jeffrey Andrews, Burlington

Asa Bell, Raleigh

Lynn Burleson, Raleigh

Melinda Burrows, Raleigh

Judge Julius Corpening II, Wilmington

Brian Darer, Raleigh

James Deal, Boone

Phillip Dixon, Sr, Greenville

Alan Duncan, Greensboro

Anthony Foxx, Charlotte

Lynne Fuller-Andrews, Winston-Salem

David Gantt, Asheville

Alan S. Gordon, Charlotte

Rep. Phil Haire, Sylva

Nan Hannah, Cary

Hada Haulsee, Winston-Salem

Woody Harrison, Wilson

Fred Howell Jones, Franklin

Sean Lew, Winston-Salem

John Mabe, Raleigh

Leslie O’Toole, Raleigh

James (Jimbo) Perry, Kinston

Fred Turnage, Rocky Mount

Mike Wells, Winston-Salem

Candice Wooten, Winston-Salem