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Litigation Leadership

Officers

Chair
Melissa Tulis Smith | Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers LLP
Immediate Past Chair
Will Quick | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP
Secretary
Jessica Soles Humphries | Farrell Smith O'Connell Aarsheim Aprans LLP
Treasurer
Audrey Zopp Snyder | Ward Black Law PA
Vice-Chair
Le'Ron Anthony Byrd | Morningstar Law Group

Ex-Officio

Communities Manager
LaSara Carter | 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

Katharine Batchelor
Kristen Lin Beightol | Edwards Beightol, LLC
John D. Boutwell | Thurman Wilson Boutwell & Galvin PA
Christopher Scott Edwards | Ward and Smith, P.A.
Benjamin Edwards | Lincoln Financial Group
Spencer Fritts | Morse Fritts PLLC
Matthew Thomas Houston | State of North Carolina
Jessica Soles Humphries | Farrell Smith O'Connell Aarsheim Aprans LLP
Matthew William Krueger-Andes
Eugene Ernest Lester III
Joseph Thomas Petrack | Eggers Eggers Eggers & Eggers
Andrew Mitchell Simpson | Supreme Court of NC
David Matthew Wilkerson | Wilkerson Justus PLLC

Committee Leadership

Awards Committee Chair
Joseph Thomas Petrack | Eggers Eggers Eggers & Eggers
CLE Committee Co-Chair
Jon Ward | Tatum & Atkinson PLLC
Communications Committee Co-Chair
Richard Horace Conner III | McGuireWoods LLP
Communications Committee Co-Chair
Jonah Garson | Parry Law, PLLC
Communications Committee Co-Chair
Jeffrey Lawrence Roether | Morningstar Law Group
Ethics/Legislative Committee Co-Chair
David Patrick Ferrell | Maynard Nexsen PC
Ethics/Legislative Committee Co-Chair
Spencer Fritts | Morse Fritts PLLC
Ethics/Legislative Committee Co-Chair
Lucy Inman
Ethics/Legislative Committee Co-Chair
Eugene Ernest Lester III
Ethics/Legislative Committee Co-Chair
Andrew Mitchell Simpson | Supreme Court of NC
Membership Committee Co-Chair
Jessica Soles Humphries | Farrell Smith O'Connell Aarsheim Aprans LLP
Membership Committee Co-Chair
X. Lightfoot | Ward and Smith, P.A.
Membership Committee Co-Chair
Melissa Tulis Smith | Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers LLP
Nominations Committee Chair
Donald R. Pocock | Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz
Paralegal Division Liaison
Shannon Delaney Stevens | City of Greensboro
Pro Bono Committee Co-Chair
John D. Boutwell | Thurman Wilson Boutwell & Galvin PA
Pro Bono Committee Co-Chair
Matthew William Krueger-Andes
Pro Bono Committee Co-Chair
Andrew Mitchell Simpson | Supreme Court of NC
YLD Liaison
X. Lightfoot | Ward and Smith, P.A.