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Family Law Leadership

Officers

Chair
Larissa Mañon Mervin
Alt Vice-Chair
Susan Sullivan Simos | Craige Jenkins Liipfert & Walker LLP
Immediate Past Chair
Jennifer S. Tharrington | Village Law Group
Secretary
Emily Catherine Jeske | Bosquez Porter Family Law
Vice-Chair
Jessica Burgess Heffner | Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Ex-Officio

Communities Manager
Sherard Johnson | North Carolina Bar Association
NCBA Executive Director
Jason M. Hensley | North Carolina Bar Association
NCBA President
Robert E. Harrington | Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA
NCBA President-Elect
Dena Beth Langley | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP

Council Members

Andrea Marcela Bosquez-Porter
Jacob Christian Ehrmann | Montford Family Law
Kyle Andrew Frost | Hamilton Stephens Steele & Martin PLLC
Derrick James Hensley | The Law Office of Derrick J. Hensley, PLLC
Robert Lawrence Inge | Robert L. Inge, P.A.
Jonathan Jerkins
Robonetta Jones | Law Office of Robonetta B. Jones, PLLC
Ayanda Dowtin Meachem | Legal Aid of NC
Helen Morgan O'Shaughnessy | Wake Family Law Group
Bennett D. Rainey | Kurtz Whitley Guy Sanders & Rainey, PLLC
Thomas Thurman | Thurman Wilson Boutwell & Galvin PA
Richard Monroe Webb | Jones Childers Donaldson Webb Attorneys at Law

Committee Leadership

Adoption Committee Co-Chair
Michele Glenham Smith | Hill Evans Jordan & Beatty
Adoption Committee Co-Chair
Brinton D. Wright
Alimony Committee Co-Chair
Wesley Peter Gelb | Connell & Gelb PLLC
Diversity & Inclusion Committee Co-Chair
Elysia Maria Prendergast-Jones | Legal Aid of NC
Domestic Violence Co-Chair
Sarah Privette | Oak City Family Law, PLLC
ADR Committee Co-chair
Justin Lee Mauney | Wake Family Law Group
Equitable Distribution Committee Co-Chair
Roy Arnold Dawson | Law Offices of Roy A. Dawson, P.A.
Ethics Committee Co-Chair
Spencer E. Schold | Collins Family & Elder Law Group
Legislative Committee Co-Chair
Stephanie Jane Gibbs | Gailor Hunt Davis Taylor & Gibbs, PLLC
Pro Bono Committee Co-Chair
Jonathan Jerkins