Annual Meeting

Good morning and welcome to the 2023 Annual Meeting. Before we begin our long-anticipated programming today, I would like to take a moment to acknowledge concerns surrounding the recent NCBA leadership decision to cancel an event planned by our Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Committee and underscore our commitment to instituting policies and practices to guide the way forward…

The 2023 Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Bar Association was held June 22-24 in Wilmington. The event featured presentation of numerous awards traditionally bestowed during the annual meeting in addition to recognition of the initial North Carolina Bar Foundation Open Door Fellows and announcement of the 2023 class of the Legal Practice (formerly General Practice) Hall of Fame which…

Upon completion of June 22-24 NCBA Annual Meeting and summer and organizational meetings of the NCBA Board of Governors and the NCBF Board of Directors, the 2023-24 NCBF Board of Directors is set. Afi S. Johnson-Parris of Fox Rothschild in Greensboro and Robert H. Edmunds of Fox Rothschild in Greensboro have been elected to three-year at-large terms. Kimberly H. Stogner…

Kimberly H. Stogner of Womble Bond Dickinson in Winston-Salem has been elected to serve as president-elect of the North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA). The election took place on Friday, June 23, at the NCBA Annual Meeting in Wilmington. Stogner will serve in 2023-24 as president-elect of the NCBA and the North Carolina Bar Foundation (NCBF) and will chair the Audit…

Four longstanding annual awards of the North Carolina Bar Association were presented at the 2022 Annual Meeting in Winston-Salem. The awards were presented on Friday, June 24, during the Awards Dinner and Presidential Installation. The awards and their recipients are: H. Brent McKnight Renaissance Lawyer Award – Robert C. (Bob) Sink Distinguished Paralegal Award – Grace Ward YLD Charles F….

The 2022 recipients of the North Carolina Bar Association’s Citizen Lawyer Award were honored on Friday, June 24, at the 2022 Annual Meeting in Winston-Salem during the Awards Dinner and Presidential Installation. These individuals represent the 16th class of honorees to receive this award. This year’s recipients are: Martha Bradley (Law Office of Martha Sharpe Bradley, PLLC, Asheville) Robert Laney…

The North Carolina Bar Association presented the 2022 Pro Bono Awards on Friday, June 24, at the NCBA Annual Meeting in Winston-Salem. The awards were presented during the Awards Dinner and Presidential Installation. This year’s recipients are: William Thorp Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Service Award Brandon A. Robinson (Durham) Deborah Greenblatt Outstanding Legal Services Attorney Award Angeleigh Dorsey…

The 2022 induction class of the North Carolina Bar Association’s Legal Practice Hall of Fame was honored on Friday, June 24, at the 2022 Annual Meeting in Winston-Salem during the Awards Dinner and Presidential Installation. This year’s inductees are: Richard T. Boyette, Cranfill Sumner LLP, Raleigh Kenneth Greene, Carruthers & Roth, P.A., Greensboro Joseph C. Moore, III, Allen, Moore &…

The seventh installment of the Legal Legends of Color Award was presented on Thursday, June 23, at the 2022 NCBA Annual Meeting in Winston-Salem. The awards are presented annually by the Legal Legends of Color Subcommittee of the North Carolina Bar Association’s Minorities in the Profession Committee. This year’s honorees are attorneys Margaret Dudley, Georgia Jacquez Lewis and Arlinda F….