As judicial elections occur in our state this year, we are reminded of the critical importance of the independence of our judiciary. As both citizens and lawyers, we strive to recognize, respect, explain, and preserve this independence. The North Carolina Constitution provides that the citizens of our state choose their judges by popular vote, and our judges run for their…
Chairs and vice-chairs of the North Carolina Bar Association’s 31 Sections have been appointed for 2020-21. They are: Administrative Law Chair Melissa Owens Lassiter Vice-Chair Nahale Kalfas Antitrust & Complex Business Disputes Law Chair Tom H. Segars Vice-Chair Gavin Parsons Appellate Practice Chair Stephen D. Feldman Vice-Chair Erin Blondel Bankruptcy Chair Andy William James Tarr Vice-Chair Margaret Westbrook Business Law…
With the beginning of the new bar year, the North Carolina Bar Association announces new leadership of the Young Lawyers Division, the Senior Lawyers Division and the Paralegal Division. Young Lawyers Division Kristen M. Kirby is a partner with McGuireWoods in Raleigh, where her practice focuses on public finance transactions. In 2020-21 she is serving as chair of the Young…
The article below has been updated as of August 2020. Seven new members of the North Carolina Bar Association Board of Governors were elected to three-year terms on Friday, June 26, during the NCBA Annual Meeting. Due to the coronavirus restrictions, the annual meeting was via web conference with minimal in-person attendance at the N.C. Bar Center in Cary. Five…
The article below has been updated as of August 2020. Under the amended North Carolina Bar Foundation bylaws, effective June 22, 2019, the NCBF Board of Directors includes six at-large members who do not serve concurrently on the NCBA Board of Governors and chairs of the Foundation’s three standing committees. The NCBF Board of Directors also includes 17 members of…
Mark Holt of Raleigh has been installed as the 126th president of the North Carolina Bar Association. Chief Justice Cheri Beasley of the N.C. Supreme Court administered the oath of office as Holt’s wife, Joanna, held the Bible. Holt will also serve in 2020-21 as president of the North Carolina Bar Foundation. The ceremony took place during the NCBA Annual…
Jon Heyl of Charlotte is the new president-elect of the North Carolina Bar Association. He was elected on Friday, June 26, during the 2020 NCBA Annual Meeting at the N.C. Bar Center in Cary. Heyl will be installed as the 127th president of the NCBA next June at the 2021 Annual Meeting, and will also serve in 2021-22 as president…
Statement from LeAnn Nease Brown, 2019-20 President of the North Carolina Bar Association We are lawyers. We cannot look away from injustice and we must call it by its name. We embrace the rule of law, which requires that the authority and influence of the law constrain individual and institutional misconduct. We can accept no less. It would be easier…
New NCBA vice presidents have been elected and board nominees have been announced for 2020-21.
LeAnn Nease Brown of Chapel Hill was installed as president of the NCBA on June 22 at Biltmore in Asheville.