Citizen Lawyer Award Recipients

2023

• Stanley Abrams, Wilson
• Stephen R. Berlin, Winston-Salem
• Marvin V. Horton, Jr., Tarboro
• Paul L. Jones, Whitsett
• John T. Kilby, West Jefferson
• Robert G. McIntosh, Davidson
• Ronald K. Payne, Asheville
• D. Blaine Sanders, Charlotte
• Robert H. Wall, Winston-Salem

2022

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• Martha Bradley, Asheville
• Robert Laney, North Wilkesboro
• Jocelyn Mallette, Raleigh
• Mary Nash Rusher, Raleigh
• Deborah Sandlin, Raleigh
• Brad Schulz, Beaufort
• Judge Carrie F. Vickery, Winston-Salem
• Cecil Whitley, Salisbury

2021

• Honorable Cheri Beasley, Raleigh
• David Benbow, Statesville
• Judge Richard Dietz, Winston-Salem
• James K. Dorsett III, Raleigh
• Nancy Short Ferguson, Greensboro
• Honorable A. Robinson Hassell, Greensboro
• Tate Ogburn, Charlotte
• Judge Karlene Turrentine, Raleigh
• John R. Wester, Charlotte

2020

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• James E. Cross Jr., Oxford
• James Ferguson, Charlotte
• Tawanda Foster Artis, Raleigh
• Jennifer N. Fountain, Greensboro
• Kimberly Gatling, Greensboro
• Evan Lewis, Washington
• Anabel Franceschini-Rosa, Durham
• Judge William Erwin Spainhour, Concord
• Richard Y. Stevens, Raleigh
• J. Gabe Talton, Durham
• Judge Patrice Hinnant, Greensboro

2019

• Judge Larry Brown Jr., Graham
• Niya Fonville, Raleigh
• Joel Harbinson, Taylorsville
• Sarah Fulton Hutchins, Charlotte
• Lance Lawson, Charlotte
• William “Will” Oden III, Wilmington
• Justin Outling, Greensboro
• David Redding, Charlotte
• Kathleen Treadwell, Burlington
• Henry “Hank” Van Hoy II, Mocksville
• Rep. W. “Lee” Zachary Jr., Yadkinville

2018

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• Dustin T. Greene, Winston-Salem
• Nicholas Long Jr., Raleigh
• Robert B. Norris, Charlotte
• Sylvia K. Novinsky, Raleigh
• Linda R. Oldham, Southern Pines
• Donald C. Prentiss, Elizabeth City
• T.J. Solomon II, Gastonia
• Donald R. Vaughan, Greensboro
• Carlton F. Williamson, Whiteville

2017

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• Raymond Bretzmann, High Point
• Mittie Smith, High Point
• Brandon Lofton, Charlotte
• Robert Ramseur, Raleigh
• James F. “Jim” Morgan, High Point
• Forrest Ferrell, Hickory
• Kathy Manning, Greensboro
• Katherine Wiggins Fisher, Rocky Mount
• Phillip Hornthal III, Elizabeth City
• Susan Harman-Scott, Manteo
• Jean Gordon Carter, Raleigh
• Ana Sofia Nunez, Raleigh

2016

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• Gill P. Beck, Asheville
• Ashley H. Campbell, Raleigh
• Judge Richard L. Doughton, Sparta
• Arnita M. Dula, Hickory
• Debra L. Foster, Charlotte
• Jacqueline D. Grant, Asheville
• Sonny S. Haynes, Winston-Salem
• Marc L. Isaacson, Greensboro
• Pamela W. McAfee, Raleigh
• Judge Rickye McKoy-Mitchell, Charlotte
• Nancy Black Norelli, Charlotte
• J. Troy Smith Jr., New Bern
• James R. Van Camp, Pinehurst

2015

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• Ann M. David, Wilmington
• Hal A. Levinson, Charlotte
• John Willardson, Wilkesboro
• Frank Laney, Cary
• Samuel W. Johnson, Rocky Mount
• Angelique Vincent-Hamacher, Charlotte
• Stephen Little, Marion
• Judge Ralph A. Walker, Greensboro
• Donald D. Sayers, Salisbury
• Patrick Kane, Greensboro
• D. Linwood Bunce II, Lexington
• Sharon Parker, Marion
• L. Lamont Wiggins, Rocky Mount

2014

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• Brent D. Barringer, Cary
• C. Christopher Bean, Edenton
• Kathryn A. Deiter-Maradei, Raleigh
• Timothy D. Edwards, Fayetteville
• Garland G. Graham, Greensboro
• George V. Hanna III, Charlotte
• Heather R. Klein, Sparta
• John W. Lassiter, Charlotte
• Joseph P. McGuire, Asheville
• Charles H. Montgomery, Cary
• Nancy Borders Paschall, Gastonia
• Marshall B. Pitts Jr., Fayetteville
• Deborah K. Ross, Raleigh
• Michael F. Royster, Pilot Mountain
• Gemma L. Saluta, Winston-Salem
• Michael G. Winters, Raleigh
• Julian H. Wright Jr., Charlotte
• Georgiana L. Yonuschot, Winston-Salem
• Sarah Grace Zambon, Hendersonville

2013

• Janet Ward Black, Greensboro
• R. Lee Farmer, Yanceyville
• Will S. Graebe, Cary
• Judge Robert C. Hunter, Marion
• Charles M. Ingram, Kenansville
• Craig T. Lynch, Charlotte
• Valecia M. McDowell, Charlotte
• Lacy M. Presnell III, Raleigh
• Craigie D. Sanders, Research Triangle Park
• M. Gray Styers Jr., Raleigh
• Sharon A. Thompson, Durham
• Gerald L. Walden Jr., Greensboro
• Leigh A. Wilkinson, New Bern

2012

• Alison Ashe-Card, Winston-Salem
• Shelby D. Benton, Goldsboro
• Keith D. Burns, Durham
• Dumont Clarke IV, Charlotte
• Stephen W. Earp, Greensboro
• Rep. Richard B. Glazier, Fayetteville
• Glenn E. Ketner Jr., Salisbury
• Pender McElroy, Charlotte
• Robert A. Mullinax Sr., Newton
• Corena Norris-McCluney, Winston-Salem
• Marc Rudow, Asheville
• Judge Frank D. Whitney, Charlotte
• David W. Woodard Jr., Wilson

2011

• Alfred G. Adams, Winston-Salem
• Pamela S. Duffy, Burlington
• Theodore C. Edwards II, Raleigh
• Valene K. Franco, Winston-Salem
• W. Erwin Fuller Jr., Greensboro
• Kim W. Gallimore, High Point
• Thomas P. Holderness, Charlotte
• Constantine H. “Costi” Kutteh, Statesville
• William McNair, Charlotte
• Charles H. Mercer Jr., Raleigh
• Justice Paul M. Newby, Raleigh
• Rep. Sarah S. Stevens, Mount Airy
• W. David Sumpter III, Murphy
• Bevin W. Wall, Newport
• Felecia A. Washington, Charlotte

2010

• Marcia High Armstrong, Smithfield
• W. Louis Bissette Jr., Asheville
• Judge Brenda Green Branch, Roanoke Rapids
• Frank Edward Emory Jr., Charlotte
• Alan Scott Hicks, Roxboro
• Jimmie Banks Hicks Jr., New Bern
• Henry H. Isaacson, Greensboro
• Mark West Owens Jr., Greenville
• Thomas W. Ross, Davidson
• Kimberly Woodell Sieredzki, Clayton
• Harriett Twiggs Smalls, Greensboro
• Luther Donald Starling Jr., Clinton

2009

• Lisa M. Angel, Raleigh
• Rep. Philip A. Baddour Jr., Goldsboro
• Carole W. Bruce, Greensboro
• Sen. Daniel G. Clodfelter, Charlotte
• Shirley L. Fulton, Charlotte
• Robert E. Harrington, Charlotte
• J. Wade Harrison, Burlington
• W. Paul Holt Jr., Sylva
• Paul A. Meggett, Chapel Hill
• James W. Narron, Smithfield
• Kimberly H. Stogner, Winston-Salem
• Kristi Kessler Walters, Charlotte

2008

• Shirley Herman Anthony, Hickory
• Aretha V. Blake, Charlotte
• Martin H. Brinkley, Raleigh
• Patsy Brison, Asheville
• Sen. Pete Brunstetter, Winston Salem
• Lucien “Skip” Capone III, Greensboro
• Jay J. Chaudhuri, Raleigh
• Samuel B. Dixon, Edenton
• A. Doyle Early Jr., High Point
• Carolyn Burnette Ingram, Kenansville
• William O. White Jr., Roanoke Rapids

2007

• Jeffrey Andrews, Burlington
• Asa Bell, Raleigh
• Lynn Burleson, Raleigh
• Melinda Burrows, Raleigh
• Judge Julius Corpening II, Wilmington
• Brian Darer, Raleigh
• James Deal, Boone
• Phillip Dixon Sr, Greenville
• Alan Duncan, Greensboro
• Anthony Foxx, Charlotte
• Lynne Fuller-Andrews, Winston-Salem
• David Gantt, Asheville
• Alan S. Gordon, Charlotte
• Rep. Phil Haire, Sylva
• Nan Hannah, Cary
• Hada Haulsee, Winston-Salem
• Woody Harrison, Wilson
• Fred Howell Jones, Franklin
• Sean Lew, Winston-Salem
• John Mabe, Raleigh
• Leslie O’Toole, Raleigh
• James (Jimbo) Perry, Kinston
• Fred Turnage, Rocky Mount
• Mike Wells, Winston-Salem
• Candice Wooten, Winston-Salem