Dispute Resolution Leadership
Officers
Chair
Deborah L. Dilman | Modern Legal
Deborah L. Dilman | Modern Legal
Immediate Past Chair
Denise Smith Cline
Denise Smith Cline
Secretary
Amy Lynn Cox Gruendel | Resolution Mediation Services, LLC
Amy Lynn Cox Gruendel | Resolution Mediation Services, LLC
Treasurer
Sherman Lee Criner
Sherman Lee Criner
Vice-Chair
Asa Lee Bell Jr.
Asa Lee Bell Jr.
Ex-Officio
Communities Manager
Kyle Ballantine | North Carolina Bar Association
Kyle Ballantine | North Carolina Bar Association
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
Council Members
Marcia High Armstrong | The Armstrong Law Firm PA
Jeffrey Batts | Batts Batts & Bell LLP
Ashley Benefield | NC Administrative Office of the Courts
Raymond Michael Bennett | Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mark Olson Crowther | Stiles Byrum & Horne LLP
Lynn Fontana | Lynn Fontana, Attorney at Law
Frank Goldsmith
Bruce Alan Hamilton | Bruce Hamilton Mediation
Laura Hamm
David Wallace Hood | Patrick Harper & Dixon LLP
N. Lawrence Hudspeth III
Richard James Igou | Richard J. Igou, Attorney at Law
Barry Clarence Jennings | Jennings Law
Tara Lynn Kozlowski | NC Dispute Resolution Commission
Dena Beth Langley | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP
John Ong | Hamilton Stephens Steele & Martin PLLC
K. Alan Parry Jr. | Parry Law, PLLC
Ciara L. Rogers | Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey PLLC
Jerri Janise Simmons | Cranfill Sumner LLP
Elizabeth Teagarden | Conrad Trosch & Kemmy PA
Angelique Vincent-Hamacher | Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA
Sean Paul Vitrano
Amy White | Willson Jones Carter & Baxley PA
Joyce T. Williams | Duke University
Committee Leadership
Arbitration Committee Co-Chair
George Patrick Doyle | Law Offices of George P. Doyle
George Patrick Doyle | Law Offices of George P. Doyle
Arbitration Committee Co-Chair
Richard James Igou | Richard J. Igou, Attorney at Law
Richard James Igou | Richard J. Igou, Attorney at Law
CLE Committee Co-Chair
Colleen Louise Byers
Colleen Louise Byers
CLE Committee Co-Chair
Sean Paul Vitrano
Sean Paul Vitrano
Collaborative Law Chair
D. Christopher Osborn | Osborn Conflict Resolution
D. Christopher Osborn | Osborn Conflict Resolution
Communications Committee Chair
K. Alan Parry Jr. | Parry Law, PLLC
K. Alan Parry Jr. | Parry Law, PLLC
Dispute Resolution Commission Liasion
Richard James Igou | Richard J. Igou, Attorney at Law
Richard James Igou | Richard J. Igou, Attorney at Law
Dispute Resolution Commission Liasion
Tara Lynn Kozlowski | NC Dispute Resolution Commission
Tara Lynn Kozlowski | NC Dispute Resolution Commission
Early Dispute Engagement & Resolution Committee Chair
Sarah Johnson Kromer | Sarah J. Kromer PLLC
Sarah Johnson Kromer | Sarah J. Kromer PLLC
Ethics Committee Chair
Frank Goldsmith
Frank Goldsmith
Legislative Committee Co-Chair
Thomas Matthew Clare
Thomas Matthew Clare
Legislative Committee Co-Chair
Frank Caldwell Laney | Carolina Dispute Settlement Services
Frank Caldwell Laney | Carolina Dispute Settlement Services
Membership Committee Chair
Arthur Bolick II | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP
Arthur Bolick II | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP
Nominations Committee Chair
Jacqueline R. Clare
Jacqueline R. Clare
Pro Se Committee Chair
Amy Lynn Cox Gruendel | Resolution Mediation Services, LLC
Amy Lynn Cox Gruendel | Resolution Mediation Services, LLC
Race & Equity Committee Co-Chair
Kate Anne Deiter-Maradei | Deiter Mediation
Kate Anne Deiter-Maradei | Deiter Mediation
Race & Equity Committee Co-Chair
Peter Donovan Singh Jr. | Fourscore Business Law
Peter Donovan Singh Jr. | Fourscore Business Law
YLD Liaison
Ashley Benefield | NC Administrative Office of the Courts
Ashley Benefield | NC Administrative Office of the Courts