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Litigation Leadership

Officers

Chair
Will Quick | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP
Immediate Past Chair
Donald R. Pocock
Secretary
Audrey Zopp Snyder | Ward Black Law PA
Treasurer
Le'Ron Anthony Byrd | Gordon & Rees LLP
Vice-Chair
Melissa Tulis Smith | Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers LLP

Ex-Officio

Communities Manager
LaSara Carter | North Carolina Bar Association
NCBA Executive Director
Jason M. Hensley | North Carolina Bar Association
NCBA President
Kimberly H. Stogner | Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
NCBA President-Elect
Robert E. Harrington | Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA

Council Members

Santiago Arroba Rodriguez | Osborn Gambale Beckley & Budd
John D. Boutwell | Thurman Wilson Boutwell & Galvin PA
Gregory Stephen Connor | The Connor Law Firm PLLC
Christopher Scott Edwards | Ward and Smith, P.A.
James Ferguson | Sumrell Sugg, P.A.
Spencer Smith Fritts | The Law Offices of John M. McCabe, P.A.
Jonah Garson | Parry Law, PLLC
Jessica Soles Humphries | Farrell Smith O'Connell Aarsheim Aprans LLP
Eugene Ernest Lester III
Eric Cole Morgan | NC Superior Court
Joseph Thomas Petrack | Moffatt & Moffatt PLLC
William Allen Robertson | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP
Jeffrey Lawrence Roether | Morningstar Law Group
Andrew Mitchell Simpson | Supreme Court of NC

Committee Leadership

Awards Committee Co-Chair
Joseph Thomas Petrack | Moffatt & Moffatt PLLC
Awards Committee Co-Chair
Henry Little Kitchin Jr. | McGuireWoods LLP
CLE Committee Co-Chair
Kelly Wilburn | J. David Tax Law
CLE Committee Co-Chair
Hayley Roper Wells | Ward and Smith, P.A.
CLE Committee Co-Chair
Audrey Zopp Snyder | Ward Black Law PA
CLE Committee Co-Chair
Gregory Stephen Connor | The Connor Law Firm PLLC
Communications Co-Chair
Jeffrey Lawrence Roether | Morningstar Law Group
Communications Co-Chair
Adam P. Banks | Envisage Law
Communications Co-Chair
Jonah Garson | Parry Law, PLLC
Communications Co-Chair
Richard Horace Conner III | McGuireWoods LLP
Diversity & Inclusion Committee Chair
Le'Ron Anthony Byrd | Gordon & Rees LLP
Ethics Committee Co-Chair
Amy Richardson | Harris Wiltshire & Grannis LLP
Ethics Committee Co-Chair
Kelly Wilburn | J. David Tax Law
Legislative Committee Co-Chair
Audrey Zopp Snyder | Ward Black Law PA
Legislative Committee Co-Chair
David Patrick Ferrell | Maynard Nexsen PC
Legislative Committee Co-Chair
Spencer Smith Fritts | The Law Offices of John M. McCabe, P.A.
Membership Committee Co-Chair
Melissa Tulis Smith | Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers LLP
Membership Committee Co-Chair
X. Lightfoot | Ward and Smith, P.A.
Nominations Committee Chair
R. Matthew Van Sickle
Paralegal Division Liaison
Shannon Delaney Stevens | City of Greensboro
Paralegal Division Liaison
Amy L Nash | CR Legal Team, LLP
Pro Bono Committee Co-Chair
Matthew William Krueger-Andes
Pro Bono Committee Co-Chair
John D. Boutwell | Thurman Wilson Boutwell & Galvin PA
YLD Liaison
William Allen Robertson | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP
YLD Liaison
X. Lightfoot | Ward and Smith, P.A.