Bankruptcy Leadership

Chair
Shelley Koon Abel

Secretary
Laurie Beth Biggs | Biggs Law Firm, PLLC

Treasurer
Ciara L. Rogers | Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey, PLLC

Vice-Chair
George Franklin Sanderson III

Communities Manager
Liv Highfill | North Carolina Bar Association

NCBA Executive Director
Jason M. Hensley | North Carolina Bar Association

NCBA President
Patti West Ramseur | Ramseur Maultsby LLP

NCBA President-Elect
Kimberly H. Stogner | Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Brian Richard Anderson | Fox Rothschild LLP

Rashad Blossom | Blossom Law PLLC

Benjamin David Busch

Richard Cook

Stephanie Goodbar | Poyner Spruill LLP

Natalie Elizabeth Gray | Westall Gray Connolly & Davis

Bradley Peter Jarvis

Jamey Mavis Lowdermilk | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP

Julia Alexandra May

Robert Ashley Mays | Mays / Johnson Law Firm

A. Scott McKellar | Battle Winslow Scott & Wiley

Steven Craig Newton II | Nicholls & Crampton PA

Kathleen M O'Malley

Melanie Dawn Johnson Raubach | Hamilton Stephens Steele & Martin PLLC

Philip Michael Sasser | Sasser Law Firm

Wendell Leslie Schollander III | Schollander Law Offices LLP

Kelly Dowd Tomasic | Hutchens Law Firm LLP

John Russell Van Swearingen

John Charles Woodman | Essex Richards PA

Chu En Wu | Poyner Spruill LLP

Awards Committee Chair
Margaret Rose Westbrook | K&L Gates LLP

Business Bankruptcy Committee Co-Chair
Laurie Beth Biggs | Biggs Law Firm, PLLC

Business Bankruptcy Committee Co-Chair
Robert Aubrey Cox Jr. | Hamilton Stephens Steele & Martin PLLC

Chair
Jill Christine Walters | Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC

CLE Committee Chair
Lance Paul Martin | Ward and Smith, P.A.

CLE Committee Co-Chair
James C. Lanik | Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey PLLC

Co-Chair
Robert Ashley Mays | Mays / Johnson Law Firm

Communications Chair
John Russell Van Swearingen

Consumer Bankruptcy Committee Co-Chair
Donald Ray Buie | Donald R. Buie, Attorney at Law

Consumer Bankruptcy Committee Co-Chair
Christopher John Waivers | White & Allen PA

Desk Book Committee Chair
Michael Leon Martinez | Grier Wright Martinez PA

Desk Book Committee Co-Chair
Deborah T. Crowder | US Bankruptcy Court Western Dist of NC

Ethics Committee Chair
Brian Charles Behr | US Bankruptcy Adminstrator EDNC

Immediate Past Chair
Daniel Clarkson Bruton | Bell Davis & Pitt PA

Legislative Committee Chair
James Shields Livermon III | Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Legislative Committee Co-Chair
Kristen Scott Nardone | Davis Nardone PC

Manager
Michelle Lee Frazier | North Carolina Bar Association

Membership Committee Chair
Ciara L. Rogers | Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey, PLLC

Membership Committee Co-Chair
Melanie Dawn Johnson Raubach | Hamilton Stephens Steele & Martin PLLC

Networking Committee Co-Chair
Ryan Peter Srnik

Nominations Committee Chair
Neil D. Jonas | Chapter 13 Office - WDNC (Charlotte Division)

Nominations Committee Chair
Margaret Rose Westbrook | K&L Gates LLP

Paralegal Division Liaison
Yazmeen O. Gadalla | Hendren Redwine & Malone PLLC

Pro Bono Committee Chair
Tyler James Russell | Ward and Smith, P.A.

Pro Bono Committee Co-Chair
Jamey Mavis Lowdermilk | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP

Technology Committee Chair
Stephanie Goodbar | Poyner Spruill LLP

Technology Committee Co-Chair
Matthew L Tomsic | Rayburn Cooper & Durham PA

YLD Liaison
Matthew L Tomsic | Rayburn Cooper & Durham PA