Dispute Resolution Leadership

Chair
William Augustus Oden III | Ward and Smith, P.A.

Immediate Past Chair
Jimmy Dean Cooley | Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Secretary
Deborah L. Dilman | Southpark Family Law

Treasurer
Asa Lee Bell Jr.

Vice-Chair
Denise Smith Cline

Communities Manager
Kyle Ballantine | 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

Michael Wallace Ballance | Dickie McCamey & Chilcote PC

Barry Clarence Jennings | Jennings Law

Elizabeth Teagarden | Conrad Trosch & Kemmy PA

Steven Weir Sizemore | Roberts & Stevens PA

Peter Donovan Singh Jr. | Fourscore Business Law

Shalanna Lee Pirtle | Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Norman Todd Owens | Dozier Miller Law Group

Raymond E. Owens Jr. | Higgins & Owens PLLC

John Whitelaw Ong | Law Office of John Ong, PLLC

J. Anderson Little | Mediation Inc

Neale Thomas Johnson | Fox Rothschild LLP

Richard James Igou | Richard J. Igou, Attorney at Law

Asa Lee Bell Jr.

Deborah Hylton | Hylton ADR Services

Timothy Wayne Hewlett

Angela Newell Gray | Gray Newell Thomas, LLP

Kelley Gondring | Gondring Law, PLLC

Lynn Fontana | Lynn Fontana, Attorney at Law

Amy Lynn Cox Gruendel | Resolution Mediation Services, LLC

Jesse B. Caldwell III | NC Superior Court

Colleen Louise Byers

John Charles Bircher III | Davis Hartman Wright LLP

Joyce T. Williams | Duke University

Arbitration Committee Chair
Neale Thomas Johnson | Fox Rothschild LLP

CLE Committee Chair
Colleen Louise Byers

Collaborative Law Chair
Sean Paul Vitrano

Communications Chair
K. Alan Parry Jr. | Parry Law, PLLC

Dispute Resolution Commission Liaison
Tara Lynn Kozlowski | NC Dispute Resolution Commission

Ethics Committee Chair
M. Ann Anderson

Future of Dispute Resolution Committee Chair
Jimmy Dean Cooley | Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Legislative Committee Co-Chair
Thomas Matthew Clare

Legislative Committee Co-Chair
Frank Caldwell Laney | Carolina Dispute Settlement Services

Membership Committee Chair
Arthur Bolick II | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP

Nominations Committee Chair
Jacqueline R. Clare

Pro Bono Committee Co-Chair
Amy Lynn Cox Gruendel | Resolution Mediation Services, LLC

Pro Bono Committee Co-Chair
Sean Paul Vitrano

Pro Se Task Force Co-Chair
Amy Lynn Cox Gruendel | Resolution Mediation Services, LLC

Pro Se Task Force Co-Chair
M. Ann Anderson

Race & Equity Committee Co-Chair
Peter Donovan Singh Jr. | Fourscore Business Law

Race & Equity Committee Co-Chair
Kate Anne Deiter-Maradei | Deiter Mediation

YLD Liaison
Peter Donovan Singh Jr. | Fourscore Business Law