Leadership
NCAJ Officers
NCAJ Governors
*All AAJ Delegates are ex-officio members of the NCAJ Board of Governors.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee
The Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee guides the intentional pursuit of diversity, equity and inclusion within the organization. It promotes full and equal participation in NCAJ by all eligible members and the reduction of bias in NCAJ.
- Drew Culler, Vice President, Johnson & Groninger, PLLC, Durham
- Megan Callahan, Cardinal Law Partners, Greensboro
- Lisa Conserve, Keches Law Group, Charlotte
- Cortnei Cooks, The Clauson Law Firm, PLLC, Durham
- Kristen Dewar, Minick Law, P.C., Concord
- Leila Hicks Jarmusz, HensonFuerst, PA, Raleigh
- Christina Hubbard, North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings, Raleigh
- Victoria Kepes, The Noble Law Firm, Chapel Hill
- Matthew Langston, Howard Stallings Law Firm, Raleigh
- Rachel Matesic, Sasser Law Firm, P.A., Charlotte
- Jason Orndoff, Orndoff Law Firm, Hickory
- Sonya Pfeiffer, Pfeiffer Rudolf, Charlotte
- Sharika Robinson, Law Offices of Sharika M. Robinson, Huntersville
- Anabel Rosa, Attorney Anabel Rosa, PLLC, Durham
- Jennifer Spyker, Tin, Fulton, Walker & Owen, PLLC, Charlotte
- Elizabeth Todd, Todd Law Offices, PLLC, Morganton
- Megan Young, O’Malley Tunstall, PLLC, Rocky Mount
Education Committee
The Education Committee studies, formulates and recommends continuing legal education programs.
- Kristen Dewar, Vice President, Minick Law, P.C., Concord
- Christopher Bagley, Maginnis Howard, Durham
- Kristen Beightol, Edwards Beightol, LLC, Raleigh
- Bobby Bollinger, The Bollinger Law Firm, PC, Charlotte
- Victoria Boone, Homesley & Wingo Law Group PLLC, Mooresville
- Jordan Butler, Taylor Serbin Injury Lawyers, Charlotte
- Ashley Crouse, The Law Offices of John M. McCabe, PA, Cary
- Allison Garren, Public Defender Office 27B, Shelby
- Glenn Gerding, IDS Appellate Defender, Durham
- Jordan Godwin, HensonFuerst, PA, Raleigh
- Elizabeth Haddix, American Oversight, Pittsboro
- Charles Hall, The Law Office of Charles F. Hall, IV, Winston Salem
- Taylor Hammonds, HensonFuerst, PA, Raleigh
- Sean Herrmann, Hermann & Murphy, PLLC, Charlotte
- Zachary Kaplan, Ballew Puryear, PLLC, Durham
- Alexander Kelly, The Noble Law Firm, Raleigh
- David Lund, Lund Law Carolina, Charlotte
- Courtney Mann, Brown, Moore & Associates, PLLC, Charlotte
- Jeffrey Marshall, Marshall & Taylor, PLLC, Raleigh
- Kara Neaton, Legal Aid of North Carolina, Greensboro
- Thomas Odom, Jr., The Odom Firm, PLLC, Charlotte
- Jason Orndoff, Orndoff Law Firm, Hickory
- Nicholas Parr, Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy, Charlotte
- Aindrea Pledger, White & Stradley, PLLC, Raleigh
- Telana Poe, Horton & Mendez, Attorneys at Law, PLLC, Wilmington
- Jillian Pope, Brown, Moore & Associates, PLLC, Charlotte
- Senta Rhodes, Grimes Teich Anderson LLP, Asheville
- Kathryn Anne Robinson, Lee Segui, PLLC, Raleigh
- Robyn Sanders, Patterson Harkavy LLP, Chapel Hill
- Alison Smith, Edwards Beightol, LLC, Raleigh
- William Smith, Miller Monroe & Plyler PLLC, Raleigh
- Kelli Solly, Tin, Fulton, Walker & Owen, PLLC, Charlotte
- Eric Steber, Lee Segui PLLC, Raleigh
- Ryan Stowe, Stowe Law Firm, PLLC, Salisbury
- Rebecca Watts, Sodoma Law, Monroe
- Jessica Wilkie, Hansen, Howell & Wilkie, PLLC, Raleigh
- Anna Worley, Gantt Family Law, Raleigh
Legal Affairs Committee
The Legal Affairs Committee is responsible for the development and advocacy of NCAJ positions on legal and ethical issues. It includes an Ethics Subcommittee to monitor the N.C. State Bar Ethics Committee and advocate as appropriate and an Amicus Curiae Committee to monitor appellate litigation, receive requests for amicus participation and participate as amici as appropriate.
- Elizabeth Poisson, Vice President, Poisson, Poisson & Bower, PLLC, Wilmington
- Elliot Abrams, Cheshire Parker Schneider, PLLC, Raleigh
- Noah Abrams, Abrams & Abrams, P.A., Raleigh
- Matthew Ballew, Ballew Puryear PLLC, Raleigh
- Andrew Banzhoff, Devereux & Banzhoff, PLLC, Asheville
- Valerie Bateman, New South Law Firm, Carrboro
- Christopher Behm, Block, Crouch, Keeter, Behm & Sayed, LLP, Wilmington
- Matthew Berthold, Brown, Moore & Associates, PLLC, Charlotte
- Michael Bertics, Lennon, Camak & Bertics, PLLC, Raleigh
- Anne Bleyman, Anne Bleyman, Chapel Hill
- Christopher Brook, Patterson Harkavy, LLP, Chapel Hill
- Whitney Brooks, Olive Sanchez & Associates, Charlotte
- Matthew Bryant, Hendrick Bryant & Nerhood LLP, Winston-Salem
- Brian Buchanan, Grimes Teich Anderson LLP, Ashevlle
- Whitney Butcher, Ketterer, Browne & Associates, Raleigh
- Marcus Carpenter, Gray, Layton, Kersh, Solomon, Furr & Smith, P.A., Gastonia
- Sean Cecil, Law Offices of Sean P. Cecil, Raleigh
- Cheyenne Chambers, The Chambers Law Office, PLLC, Charlotte
- Katie Clary, Rawls, Scheer, Clary, & Mingo, Charlotte
- Burton Craige, Patterson Harkavy LLP, Chapel Hill
- Shawntae Crews, Crews Law Firm, PLLC, Charlotte
- Nichad Davis, Law Offices of James Scott Farrin, Durham
- Adam Everett, The Everett Law Office, Hickory
- Christopher Fialko, Fialko Law PLLC, Charlotte
- Jay Gervasi, Jay Gervasi, P.A., Greensboro
- Narendra Ghosh, Patterson Harkavy LLP, Chapel Hill
- Laura Godly, Bryson Harris Suciu & DeMay, PLLC, Carrboro
- Gagan Gupta, Tin, Fulton, Walker & Owen, PLLC, Durham
- MaryAnne Hamilton, Miller Law Group, Raleigh
- Scott Harris, Bryson Harris Suciu & DeMay, PLLC, Raleigh
- Mark Hayes, Law Office of Mark L. Hayes, Durham
- Christopher Heaney, The Law Office of Christopher J. Heaney, PLLC, Raleigh
- Carma Henson, HensonFuerst, PA, Raleigh
- Joseph Hjelt, Kornbluth Ginsberg Law Group, P.A., Durham
- Robert Hunter, Higgins Benjamin, Greensboro
- Warren Hynson, Hynson Law, PLLC, Raleigh
- Lucy Inman, Bryson Harris Suciu & DeMay, Raleigh
- Ivy Johnson, The ACLU of NC, Raleigh
- Zachary Kaplan, Ballew Puryear PLLC, Durham
- Ryan Kuchinski, Center for Death Penalty Litigation, Durham
- Matthew Lee, Lee Segui PLLC, Raleigh
- Constance Lowe, The Law Office of Constance G. Lowe, Hillsborough
- Kevin Mahoney, Law Offices of James Scott Farrin, Durham
- Kellie Mannette, Thomas, Ferguson & Beskind, LLP, Durham
- C. Douglas Maynard, Law Offices of C. Douglas Maynard, Jr., PLLC, Winston-Salem
- Ryan McCollum, Whitley Law Firm, Raleigh
- Marcus McGee, Wilder Pantazis Law Group, Charlotte
- Jonathan McGirt, Jonathan McGirt, Attorney at Law, Raleigh
- Mark Melrose, Melrose Law, PLLC, Waynesville
- William Mills, Mills & Mahoney, P.A., Durham
- Jon Moore, Brown, Moore & Associates, PLLC, Charlotte
- Lauren Newton, Tin, Fulton, Walker & Owen, PLLC, Charlotte
- Christopher Nichols, Nichols Law Firm, Raleigh
- Ann Ochsner, White & Stradley, PLLC, Raleigh
- Chris Olson, Olson Law, PLLC, Raleigh
- Jason Orndoff, Orndoff Law Firm, Hickory
- Michael Patrick, Law Office of Michael W. Patrick, Chapel Hill
- Maria Perry, Perry Legal Services, LLC, Durham
- David Pishko, Pishko Kalarites, P.A., Winston-Salem
- Telana Poe, Horton & Mendez, Attorneys at Law, PLLC Wilmington
- Jennifer Reed, Grimes Yeoman PLLC, Mooresville
- Richard Renner, The Noble Law Firm, Raleigh
- Jonathan Salmons, Speaks Law Firm, PC, Charlotte
- Jennifer Spyker, Tin, Fulton, Walker & Owen, PLLC, Charlotte
- J. David Stradley, White & Stradley, PLLC, Raleigh
- Melanie Tarrant-Bull, Legal Aid of North Carolina, Gastonia
- John Taylor, John Taylor Law Firm, PLLC, Raleigh
- Elizabeth Todd, Todd Law Offices, PLLC, Morganton
- Susanne Todd, Johnston, Allison & Hord, Charlotte
- Amos Tyndall, Parry Law, Chapel Hill
- Jon Ward, Tatum & Atkinson, Raleigh
- Rebecca Watts, Sodoma Law, Charlotte
- Cathy Williams, Levine Law Group, P.A., Mooresville
- Gabriel Zeller, Gabriel E. Zeller, Attorney at Law, Reidsville
Legislative Committee
The Legislative Committee informs and supports NCAJ’s Advocacy Strategic Plan by identifying and evaluating proposed and pending legislation and by helping to develop NCAJ’s legislative program.
- Lauren McAndrew, Vice President, Blanchard, Miller, Lewis, and Isley, Raleigh
- Melissa Abrams, Abrams & Abrams, P.A., Raleigh
- Helen Baddour, Brown, Moore & Associates, PLLC, Charlotte
- Andrew Banzhoff, Devereux & Banzhoff, PLLC, Asheville
- Christopher Beacham, HensonFuerst, PA, Garner
- Joseph Bowman, Bowman Law, PLLC, Winston Salem
- Julie Boyer, Julie Boyer, Attorney at Law, Winston Salem
- Zachary Deason, Peniston Deason, Attorneys at Law, Monroe
- Diana Devine, Brent Adams Law Offices, PC, Raleigh
- Kristen Dewar, Minick Law, P.C., Concord
- Susan Downs, Hardison & Cochran, PLLC, Raleigh
- Zachary Ezor, Tin, Fulton, Walker & Owen, PLLC, Durham
- William Grist, Law Office of W. Daniel Grist, PLLC, Charlotte
- Kimberly Guerrero, Law Office of Jacob Goad, PLLC, Willow Spring
- Taylor Hammonds, HensonFuerst, PA, Raleigh
- Joshua Hansen, Hansen, Howell and Wilkie, PLLC, Raleigh
- Matthew Harbin, Law Offices of James Scott Farrin, Durham
- Michael Harman, Harman Law, PLLC, Huntersville
- Richard Harper, The Harper Law Firm, PLLC, Sylva
- Carma Henson, HensonFuerst, PA, Raleigh
- David Henson, HensonFuerst, PA, Raleigh
- Heather Hodge, Knox Law Center, Charlotte
- Anna Kalarites, Pishko Kalarites Lawyers, Raleigh
- Joel Ledbetter, Marcari, Russotto, Spencer & Balaban P.C., Cary
- Preston Lesley, Law Offices of James Scott Farrin, Durham
- Jenny Maynard, Brown, Moore & Associates, PLLC, Charlotte
- Lauren McAndrew, Blanchard, Miller, Lewis & Isley, P.A., Raleigh
- Anthony Monaghan, Mecklenburg County Public Defender’s Office, Charlotte
- Jon Moore, Brown, Moore & Associates, PLLC, Charlotte
- Christine Mumma, The North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence, Durham
- Lauren Newton, Tin, Fulton, Walker & Owen, PLLC, Charlotte
- Christopher Nichols, Nichols Law Firm, Raleigh
- Jason Orndoff, Orndoff Law Firm, Hickory
- Paige Pahlke, Pahlke Law, PLLC, Charlotte
- Aindrea Pledger, White & Stradley, PLLC, Raleigh
- Diane Price, The Olsinski Law Firm, PLLC, Charlotte
- PJ Puryear, Ballew Puryear PLLC, Raleigh
- Clermont Ripley, N.C. Justice Center, Raleigh
- Lawrence Shaheen, The McIntosh Law Firm, Davidson
- Will Shuford, Kurtz & Blum, PLLC, Raleigh
- Jammie Wacenske, Matheson & Associates PLLC, Raleigh
- Jonathan Wall, Higgins Benjamin, PLLC, Greensboro
- Laura Waller, Waller Appeals, Zebulon
- Jeremy Wilson, Ward & Smith, PA, Wilmington
- Anna Worley, Gantt Family Law, Raleigh
Membership Committee
The Membership Committee oversees the community priority of NCAJ, which includes membership recruitment, retention, and engagement. These are essential committee functions, as the strength of NCAJ is dependent upon a strong and diverse member base. This committee seeks to recruit and retain members by providing access to engaging connection-building functions, such as social activities and other gatherings, and by offering benefits which include monetary savings and discounts.
- Chris Heaney, Vice President, Law Office of Christopher J. Heaney, Raleigh
- Lauryn Babcock, Ward Black Law, PA, Greensboro
- Kaitlin Beckom, Johnston, Allison & Hord, Charlotte
- Louise Brunson, Williams Brunson Solutions LLC, Cary
- Robyn Buckley, Law Office of W. Daniel Grist, PLLC, Charlotte
- Lisa Conserve, Keches Law Group, Charlotte
- Ashyra Corpening, Legal Aid of North Carolina, Greensboro
- Kelly Elder, Martin & Jones, PLLC, Raleigh
- Hunter Gentel, Ricci Law Firm, P.A., Greenville
- Lindsey Granados, Granados Law Group, PLLC, Cary
- Leila Hicks Jarmusz, Law Offices of James Scott Farrin, Durham
- Will Meekins, Teddy, Meekins & Talbert, PLLC, Shelby
- Valentina Mejia, Law Offices of James Scott Farrin, Charlotte
- Amanda Mingo, Rawls, Scheer, Clary, & Mingo, Charlotte
- Matthew Myers, Myers Law Firm, PLLC, Charlotte
- Joseph Neville, Yarborough, Winters & Neville P.A., Fayetteville
- Rachel Noorthoek, RMN Law, PLLC, Mooresville
- Jason Orndoff, Orndoff Law Firm, Hickory
- Jennifer Spyker, Tin, Fulton, Walker & Owen, PLLC, Charlotte
- Eli Timberg, Rawls, Scheer, Clary & Mingo, Charlotte
- Elizabeth Todd, Todd Law Offices, PLLC, Morganton
- Regina Zac-Williams, Ward Black Law, PA, Greensboro
