Labor & Employment Law Leadership
Officers
Chair
Linda Nicole Patino
Linda Nicole Patino
Immediate Past Chair
Bartina Lorick Edwards | The Law Office of Bartina Edwards
Bartina Lorick Edwards | The Law Office of Bartina Edwards
Secretary
Leann Marie Walsh | K&L Gates LLP
Leann Marie Walsh | K&L Gates LLP
Treasurer
Holly Elizabeth-Ross Hammer | Hammer Law PLLC
Holly Elizabeth-Ross Hammer | Hammer Law PLLC
Vice-Chair
Jennifer L. Bills | Patterson Harkavy LLP
Jennifer L. Bills | Patterson Harkavy LLP
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
Angela Ingram Carmon
Michael B. Cohen | Cohen Employment Law
Jill F. Cramer | NC Department of Labor
Kristen E. Finlon | Gardner Skelton PLLC
Murphy Horne Fletcher | McGuire Wood & Bissette
Jonathan Gonzalez | Teague Campbell Dennis & Gorham LLP
Dalton Blair Green | Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC
Marc E. Gustafson | Bell Davis & Pitt PA
Meredith Hamilton | Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC
Bert Joseph Miano | Miano Law PC
Christine A. Rodriguez | Law Office of Christine A. Rodriguez
Aretina Samuel-Priestley | O'Hagan Meyer PLLC
Thomas Cullen Stafford | Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP
Britney Weaver | Morningstar Law Group
Lawrence D. Wooden | Wooden Bowers, PLLC
Committee Leadership
Awards Committee Chair
Jonathan Gonzalez | Teague Campbell Dennis & Gorham LLP
Jonathan Gonzalez | Teague Campbell Dennis & Gorham LLP
CLE Committee Co-Chair
Michael B. Cohen | Cohen Employment Law
Michael B. Cohen | Cohen Employment Law
CLE Committee Co-Chair
Keisha T. Murray
Keisha T. Murray
Communications Committee Chair
Joseph Erik Hjelt | Kornbluth Ginsberg Law Group, P.A.
Joseph Erik Hjelt | Kornbluth Ginsberg Law Group, P.A.
Ethics Committee Chair
Richard M. Klein | Legal Aid of NC
Richard M. Klein | Legal Aid of NC
Law School Relations
Regina Worley Calabro | Campbell University Incorporated
Regina Worley Calabro | Campbell University Incorporated
Legal Aid Liaison
Richard M. Klein | Legal Aid of NC
Richard M. Klein | Legal Aid of NC
Legislative Committee Chair
Haseeb Fatmi
Haseeb Fatmi
Nominations Committee Chair
Bartina Lorick Edwards | The Law Office of Bartina Edwards
Bartina Lorick Edwards | The Law Office of Bartina Edwards
Paralegal Division Liaison
Alice L. Johnson | ABB
Alice L. Johnson | ABB
Pro Bono Committee Chair
Valerie L. Bateman | New South Law Firm
Valerie L. Bateman | New South Law Firm
YLD Liaison
X. Lightfoot | Ward and Smith, P.A.
X. Lightfoot | Ward and Smith, P.A.