Criminal Justice Leadership

Chair
William Scott Harkey | Harkey Litigation

Immediate Past Chair
Kathleen A. Gleason | Office of the Federal Public Defender

Secretary
John Davis | Federal Public Defenders - Western District of NC

Treasurer
Jacob Kyle Smith | State of North Carolina

Vice-Chair
Thomas Otis Murry | State of North Carolina

Communities Manager
BreAnne Shieh | 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

Kayla Daniell Britt

Michael W. Brown | District Attorneys Office Dist 34

Lambert Guinn | Flannery Georgalis LLC

Michelle Williams Hamilton | Alexander Miller & Schupp

Kendra A. Montgomery-Blinn | Durham County District Attorney's Office

Derek Murray | District Attorneys Office Dist 21

Thomas Otis Murry | State of North Carolina

John Nieman

Tanisha Palvia | Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Douglas Herron Pearson

Stacey Dawn Rubain | Quander & Rubain PA

Jacob Kyle Smith | State of North Carolina

Demetria Elaine Stuart Heslip | Public Defenders Office Dist 19D

Anastasia Frances Tramontozzi

Amber Leigh Younce | District Attorneys Office Dist 1

CLE Committee Co-Chair
William Robinson Heroy | Goodman, Carr, Laughrun, Levine, & Greene, PLLC

CLE Committee Co-Chair
Tanisha Palvia | Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Communications Chair
Stacey Dawn Rubain | Quander & Rubain PA

Equal Access to Justice Committee Co-Chair
Lambert Guinn | Flannery Georgalis LLC

Advocates for Justice Liaison
Dionne R. Gonder-Stanley | NC Central University School of Law

Ethics and Professionalism Committee Co-Chair
Michael W. Brown | District Attorneys Office Dist 34

Gilchrist/Smith Awards
Kayla Daniell Britt

Haiti Initiative Chair
Kearns Davis | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP

Legislative Committee Co-Chair
George Patrick Doyle | Law Offices of George P. Doyle

Legislative Committee Co-Chair
Derek Murray | District Attorneys Office Dist 21

Legislative Committee Co-Chair
John Nieman

Membership Committee Chair
Kathleen A. Gleason | Office of the Federal Public Defender

Pro Bono Committee Chair
William Otis Walker IV | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP

YLD Liaison
Kayla Daniell Britt