Business Law Leadership
Officers
Chair
Jennifer Weaver | Manning Fulton & Skinner PA
Jennifer Weaver | Manning Fulton & Skinner PA
Vice-Chair
Jonathan L. Jenkins | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP
Jonathan L. Jenkins | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP
Immediate Past Chair
David Popham Broughton | Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
David Popham Broughton | Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Secretary
Robert Edward Duggins | Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP
Robert Edward Duggins | Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP
Treasurer
Brooks Freeman Bossong | Maynard Nexsen PC
Brooks Freeman Bossong | Maynard Nexsen PC
Ex-Officio
NCBA Executive Director
Jason M. Hensley | North Carolina Bar Association
Jason M. Hensley | North Carolina Bar Association
NCBA President
Robert E. Harrington | Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA
Robert E. Harrington | Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA
NCBA President-Elect
Dena Beth Langley | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP
Dena Beth Langley | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP
Communities Manager
Bianca Simmons | North Carolina Bar Foundation
Bianca Simmons | North Carolina Bar Foundation
Council Members
Melissa Williams Bailey | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP
Lesley Watkins Bennett | Wilson Ratledge PLLC
Donna Ray Berkelhammer
Edward Chaney | Schell Bray PLLC
Ryan W. Coffield
Charles Eugene Davis III | Poyner Spruill LLP
Jeffrey Cain Hart | Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA
James Robert Jolley | Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP
April E. Kight | Schell Bray PLLC
Andrew David Steffensen | Schell Bray PLLC
Kimberly E. Zirkle | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Committee Leadership
Business Corporations Committee Chair
Heyward Dubose Armstrong | Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP
Heyward Dubose Armstrong | Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP
Commercial Law & UCC Committee Chair
Jonathan L. Jenkins | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP
Jonathan L. Jenkins | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP
Ethics & Professionalism Committee Chair
Brooks Freeman Bossong | Maynard Nexsen PC
Brooks Freeman Bossong | Maynard Nexsen PC
Franchise Law Chair
Ritchie W. Taylor | Manning Fulton & Skinner PA
Ritchie W. Taylor | Manning Fulton & Skinner PA
Legal Opinions Chair
A. Mark Adcock | Moore & Van Allen PLLC
A. Mark Adcock | Moore & Van Allen PLLC
Legislative Committee Chair
Stephen Fredericks Later | Robbins May & Rich LLP
Stephen Fredericks Later | Robbins May & Rich LLP
LLC and Other Unincorporated Entities Committee
John William Babcock | Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey PLLC
John William Babcock | Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey PLLC
Membership Development & Diversity Communications Committee Chair
Kimberly E. Zirkle | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Kimberly E. Zirkle | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Mergers, Acquisitions, & Capital Markets Committee Chair
Robert Edward Duggins | Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP
Robert Edward Duggins | Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP
Mergers, Acquisitions, & Capital Markets Committee Chair
April E. Kight | Schell Bray PLLC
April E. Kight | Schell Bray PLLC
Nominations Committee Chair
David Popham Broughton | Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
David Popham Broughton | Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Nonprofit Organizations Committee Chair
Robert W. Saunders | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP
Robert W. Saunders | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP
Pro Bono Committee Chair
Donna Ray Berkelhammer
Donna Ray Berkelhammer
Secretary of State Liaison
Jennifer Weaver | Manning Fulton & Skinner PA
Jennifer Weaver | Manning Fulton & Skinner PA
Securities Regulations
April E. Kight | Schell Bray PLLC
April E. Kight | Schell Bray PLLC
Technology Committee Chair
Jonathan L. Jenkins | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP
Jonathan L. Jenkins | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP