Litigation Leadership

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

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

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 Fritts | Morse Fritts PLLC

Jonah Garson | Parry Law, PLLC

Matthew Thomas Houston | State of North Carolina

Jessica Soles Humphries | Farrell Smith O'Connell Aarsheim Aprans LLP

Henry Little Kitchin Jr. | McGuireWoods LLP

Eugene Ernest Lester III

Eric Cole Morgan | NC Superior Court

Joseph Thomas Petrack | Eggers Eggers Eggers & Eggers

William Allen Robertson | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP

Jeffrey Lawrence Roether | Morningstar Law Group

Andrew Mitchell Simpson | Supreme Court of NC

David Matthew Wilkerson | The Van Winkle Law Firm

Awards Committee Co-Chair
Henry Little Kitchin Jr. | McGuireWoods LLP

Awards Committee Co-Chair
Joseph Thomas Petrack | Eggers Eggers Eggers & Eggers

CLE Committee Co-Chair
Kelly Wilburn | J. David Tax Law

CLE Committee Co-Chair
Gregory Stephen Connor | The Connor Law Firm PLLC

CLE Committee Co-Chair
Hayley Roper Wells | Ward and Smith, P.A.

CLE Committee Co-Chair
Audrey Zopp Snyder | Ward Black Law PA

Communications Co-Chair
Richard Horace Conner III | McGuireWoods LLP

Communications Co-Chair
Jeffrey Lawrence Roether | Morningstar Law Group

Communications Co-Chair
Jonah Garson | Parry Law, PLLC

Diversity & Inclusion Committee Chair
Le'Ron Anthony Byrd | Gordon & Rees LLP

Ethics/Legislative Committee Co-Chair
Andrew Mitchell Simpson | Supreme Court of NC

Ethics/Legislative Committee Co-Chair
Eugene Ernest Lester III

Ethics/Legislative Committee Co-Chair
David Patrick Ferrell | Maynard Nexsen PC

Ethics/Legislative Committee Co-Chair
Spencer Fritts | Morse Fritts PLLC

Membership Committee Co-Chair
X. Lightfoot | Ward and Smith, P.A.

Membership Committee Co-Chair
Jessica Soles Humphries | Farrell Smith O'Connell Aarsheim Aprans LLP

Membership Committee Co-Chair
Melissa Tulis Smith | Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers LLP

Nominations Committee Chair
Donald R. Pocock

Paralegal Division Liaison
Amy Nash | CR Legal Team, LLP

Paralegal Division Liaison
Shannon Delaney Stevens | City of Greensboro

Pro Bono Committee Chair
Andrew Mitchell Simpson | Supreme Court of NC

Pro Bono Committee Co-Chair
John D. Boutwell | Thurman Wilson Boutwell & Galvin PA

Pro Bono Committee Co-Chair
Matthew William Krueger-Andes

YLD Liaison
William Allen Robertson | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP

YLD Liaison
X. Lightfoot | Ward and Smith, P.A.