Dispute Resolution Leadership
Officers
Chair
Denise Smith Cline
Denise Smith Cline
Secretary
Asa Lee Bell Jr.
Asa Lee Bell Jr.
Treasurer
Amy Lynn Cox Gruendel | Resolution Mediation Services, LLC
Amy Lynn Cox Gruendel | Resolution Mediation Services, LLC
Vice-Chair
Deborah L. Dilman | Southpark Family Law
Deborah L. Dilman | Southpark Family Law
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
Kimberly H. Stogner | Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Kimberly H. Stogner | Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
NCBA President-Elect
Robert E. Harrington | Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA
Robert E. Harrington | Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA
Council Members
Marcia High Armstrong | The Armstrong Law Firm PA
Jeffrey Batts | Batts Batts & Bell LLP
Raymond Michael Bennett | Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
John Charles Bircher III | Davis Hartman Wright LLP
Colleen Louise Byers
Jesse B. Caldwell III | NC Superior Court
Patrick Riley Clare | Patrick Riley Clare Law Firm
Sherman Lee Criner
Lynn Fontana | Lynn Fontana, Attorney at Law
Angela Newell Gray | Gray Newell Thomas, LLP
Bruce Alan Hamilton | Bruce Hamilton Mediation
Timothy Wayne Hewlett | The law office of Timothy W. Hewlett
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 Whitelaw Ong | Hamilton Stephens Steele & Martin PLLC
Norman Todd Owens | Dozier Miller Law Group
K. Alan Parry Jr. | Parry Law, PLLC
Shalanna Lee Pirtle | Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
Jerri Janise Simmons | Cranfill Sumner LLP
Elizabeth Teagarden | Conrad Trosch & Kemmy PA
Sean Paul Vitrano
Joyce T. Williams | Duke University
Committee Leadership
Arbitration Committee Chair
Neale Thomas Johnson | Fox Rothschild LLP
Neale Thomas Johnson | Fox Rothschild LLP
CLE Committee Chair
Colleen Louise Byers
Colleen Louise Byers
Collaborative Law Chair
Sean Paul Vitrano
Sean Paul Vitrano
Communications Chair
K. Alan Parry Jr. | Parry Law, PLLC
K. Alan Parry Jr. | Parry Law, PLLC
Dispute Resolution Commission Liaison
Tara Lynn Kozlowski | NC Dispute Resolution Commission
Tara Lynn Kozlowski | NC Dispute Resolution Commission
Dispute Resolution Commission Liaison
Richard James Igou | Richard J. Igou, Attorney at Law
Richard James Igou | Richard J. Igou, Attorney at Law
Early Dispute Engagement and Resolution Task Force Chair
Sarah Johnson Kromer | Sarah J. Kromer PLLC
Sarah Johnson Kromer | Sarah J. Kromer PLLC
Ethics Committee Chair
M. Ann Anderson
M. Ann Anderson
Future of Dispute Resolution Committee Chair
Jimmy Dean Cooley | Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jimmy Dean Cooley | Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
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 Bono Committee Chair
Sean Paul Vitrano
Sean Paul Vitrano
Pro Se Task Force Chair
M. Ann Anderson
M. Ann Anderson
Race & Equity Committee Chair
Kate Anne Deiter-Maradei | Deiter Mediation
Kate Anne Deiter-Maradei | Deiter Mediation
YLD Liaison
Patrick Riley Clare | Patrick Riley Clare Law Firm
Patrick Riley Clare | Patrick Riley Clare Law Firm
YLD Liaison
Peter Donovan Singh Jr. | Fourscore Business Law
Peter Donovan Singh Jr. | Fourscore Business Law