Leadership

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…

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…

Clayton D. Morgan of Raleigh was installed as the 128th president of the North Carolina Bar Association on Friday evening, June 24, at the NCBA Annual Meeting in Winston-Salem. He will also serve in 2022-23 as president of the North Carolina Bar Foundation. Chief Justice Paul Newby of the Supreme Court of North Carolina administered the oath of office while…

Patti Ramseur of Ramseur Maultsby LLP in Greensboro has been elected to serve as president-elect of the North Carolina Bar Association. The election took place on Friday, June 24, at the NCBA Annual Meeting in Winston-Salem. Ramseur will serve throughout 2022-23 as president-elect of the NCBA and the North Carolina Bar Foundation, and as chair of the Audit & Finance…

The North Carolina Bar Association has learned of the passing of Robert C. (Bob) Vaughn Jr. at the age of 90. He served as president of the North Carolina Bar Association and Foundation in 1985-86. Vaughn was a native of Winston-Salem and a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1953) and UNC School of Law (1955)….

Upon completion of June 23-24 NCBA Annual Meeting and summer and organizational meetings of the NCBA Board of Governors and the NCBF Board of Directors, the 2022-23 NCBF Board of Directors is set. Nan Hannah of Hannah Sheridan & Cochran, LLP in Raleigh has been elected and Robin J. Stinson of Bell, Davis & Pitt in Winston-Salem has been re-elected…

Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court died Friday, Sept. 18, at the age of 87. Her passing rekindles memories of her participation in “The Changing Face of Justice: A View from the Bench,” presented in 2007 by the North Carolina Bar Association and its Women in the Profession Committee, and reported as follows in North Carolina…

The following is a message from the NCBA to its members regarding the death of Port-au-Prince Bar Association President Monferrier Dorval. Patriot for the Rule of Law ​Tragic news emerged from Haiti last week. In the driveway of his residence, Port-au-Prince Bar Association President Monferrier Dorval had died suddenly and violently from multiple gunshot wounds. Monsieur Dorval used his platform vocally to advocate for improvements in Haiti’s legal system. On the…