Leadership
NCAJ Officers
Margaret S. Abrams
Past President Appointed by the President & AAJ State Delegate*
NCAJ Governors
Manisha Patel
Term Expires 2023
Joe Tunstall
Term Expires 2024
Lauren Walker
Term Expires 2024
*All AAJ Delegates are ex-officio members of the NCAJ Board of Governors.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee
- Sheila Chavis, Vice President, Brent Adams & Associates, Raleigh
- Megan Callahan, Cardinal Law Partners, Greensboro
- Rebecca Chappell, Assistant Public Defender, Durham
- Sean Cole, Law Offices of Sean Cole, Raleigh
- Kristen Dewar, Minick Law, P.C., Concord
- Kelly Elder, Martin & Jones PLLC, Raleigh
- Emmett Boney Haywood, Nicholls & Crampton, P.A., Raleigh
- Anna Pishko Kalarites, Pishko Kalarites Lawyers, Winston-Salem
- Mary Kathryn Kurth, Edwards Kirby, LLP, Raleigh
- Courtney Mann, Law Offices of W. Daniel Grist, PLLC, Charlotte
- Rachel Matesic, Sasser Law Firm, P.A., Charlotte
- Beckie Moriello, Raleigh Immigration Law Firm, Durham
- Paige Pahlke, Pahlke Law, PLLC, Charlotte
- Anabel Rosa, Attorney Anabel Rosa, PLLC, Durham
- Crystal Rouse, Hall & Rouse, P.C., Raleigh
- Margaret Rowlett, Hodgman, Rowlett & Jahnes, PA, Greensboro
- Lauren Walker, Sumwalt Anderson Law Firm, Charlotte
Education Committee
- Anna Pishko Kalarites, Vice President, Pishko Kalarites Lawyers, Winston-Salem
- Kristen Beightol, Edwards Beightol, LLC, Raleigh
- Julie Bell, Daggett Shuler, Attorneys at Law, Winston-Salem
- Emilia Beskind, Thomas, Ferguson & Beskind, LLP, Durham
- Bobby Bollinger, The Bollinger Law Firm, PC, Charlotte
- Meredith Brewer, Dysart Willis Houchin & Hubbard, Raleigh
- Ashley Bumgarner, Hall & Rouse, Liberty
- Tony Carlton Dalton, The Dalton Law Office PLLC, Brevard
- Paul Dickinson, Law Offices of James Scott Farrin, Charlotte
- Joseph Hjelt, Kornbluth Ginsberg Law Group, P.A., Durham
- Katherine King, Everett Gaskins Hancock LLP, Raleigh
- David Mason, HensonFuerst, PA, Raleigh
- Anthony Monaghan, Mecklenburg County Public Defender’s Office, Charlotte
- Beckie Moriello, Raleigh Immigration Law Firm, Durham
- Thomas Odom, Jr., The Odom Firm, PLLC, Charlotte
- Kimberly Olsinski, The Olsinski Law Firm, PLLC, Concord
- Trisha Pande, Patterson Harkavy LLP, Chapel Hill
- Aindrea Pledger, Daggett Shuler, Attorneys at Law, Winston-Salem
- Frederick Poisson, Poisson, Poisson & Bower, PLLC, Wadesboro
- Natalie Porter, Dark Horse Paralegal Group, LLC., Winston-Salem
- Ashley Sappenfield, Lanier Law Group, P.A., Greensboro
- Glen Savits, Green Savits, LLC, Florham Park
- Sarah Spangenburg, Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, PLLC, Raleigh
- Jeremy Williams, Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, PLLC, Raleigh
Legal Affairs Committee
- Jon Moore, Vice President, Brown, Moore & Associates, PLLC Charlotte
- Kathryn Abernethy, The Noble Law Firm, Chapel Hill
- Noah Abrams, Abrams & Abrams, P.A., Raleigh
- Michael Adkins, Adkins Carter P.A., Salisbury
- Matthew Ballew, Zaytoun Ballew & Taylor PLLC, Raleigh
- Emily Beeson, Hilliard Martinez Gonzales LLP, Greensboro
- Michael Bertics, Lennon, Camak & Bertics, PLLC, Raleigh
- Anne Bleyman, Anne Bleyman, Chapel Hill
- Leah Broker, The Law Office of Leah Broker, PA, Asheville
- Corinna Byrd, Amicus Consultant, Durham
- Kyle Compton, North Carolina Association of Educators, Raleigh
- Burton Craige, Patterson Harkavy LLP, Chapel Hill
- William R. Elam, Elam & Rousseaux, PLLC, Charlotte
- Joseph Frost, Buckmiller, Boyette & Frost, PLLC, Raleigh
- Jay Gervasi, Jay Gervasi, P.A., Greensboro
- Joshua Hansen, Hansen Howell & Wilkie, PLLC, Raleigh
- Christopher Heaney, The Law Office of Christopher J. Heaney, PLLC, Garner
- Robert Hunter, Higgins Benjamin, Greensboro
- Matthew Lee, Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, PLLC, Raleigh
- Tim Longest, Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, PLLC, Raleigh
- Constance Lowe, The Law Office of Constance G. Lowe, Hillsborough
- Kellie Mannette, Thomas, Ferguson & Beskind, Durham
- C. Douglas Maynard, Law Offices of C. Douglas Maynard, Jr., PLLC, Winston-Salem
- Marcus McGee, Tin, Fulton, Walker & Owen, PLLC, Charlotte
- Jonathan McGirt, Jonathan McGirt, Attorney at Law, Raleigh
- Mark Melrose, Melrose Law, PLLC, Waynesville
- Horton Mendez, Horton & Mendez, Attorneys at Law, PLLC, Wilmington
- William Mills, Glenn Mills Fisher & Mahoney, P.A., Durham
- Lauren Newton, Tin Fulton Walker & Owen, Charlotte
- Michael Patrick, Law Office of Michael W. Patrick, Chapel Hill
- Elizabeth Poisson, Poisson, Poisson & Bower, PLLC, Wilmington
- William Simpson, Tin, Fulton, Walker & Owen, PLLC, Chapel Hill
- Paul Smith, Patterson Harkavy LLP, Chapel Hill
- Jerome Trehy, Trehy Safety Law, Bahama
- Joseph Tunstall, O’Malley Tunstall, PLLC, Tarboro
- Jonathan Wall, Higgins Benjamin, PLLC, Greensboro
- Jon Ward, Pinto, Coates, Kyre & Bowers, PLLC, Greensboro
- Rebecca Watts, Collins Family Law Group, Monroe
- Laura Wetsch, Winslow Wetsch, PLLC, Raleigh
- Cathy Williams, Levine Law Group, P.A., Mooresville
Legislative Committee
- Kevin Bunn, Vice President, Kevin Bunn, Attorney-at-Law, P.C. Cary
- Helen Baddour, Johnson & Groninger, PLLC, Charlotte
- Dexter Benoit, Benoit Law Firm, Charlotte
- Tamla Beverly, Tymus Beverly, PLLC, Raleigh
- Carol Brooke, N.C. Justice Center, Raleigh
- Rick Fleming, Law Offices of James Scott Farrin, Durham
- Eric Goodale, HensonFuerst, PA, Raleigh
- Joshua Hansen, Hansen Howell & Wilkie, PLLC, Raleigh
- Zachary Harris, Comerford, Chilson & Moser, LLP, Winston-Salem
- David Henson, HensonFuerst, PA, Raleigh
- Joseph Hodgin, HensonFuerst, PA, Rocky Mount
- Anna Pishko Kalarites, Pishko Kalarites Lawyers, Winston-Salem
- Thomas Maher, Law Offices of Amos Tyndall PLLC, Carrboro
- Amanda Mingo, Rawls, Scheer, Clary, & Mingo, Charlotte
- Christopher Nichols, Nichols Law Firm, Raleigh
- Clermont Ripley, N.C. Justice Center, Raleigh
- Stephanie Salinas, Ward Black Law, Greensboro
- Gabriel Snyder, Ward Black Law, Greensboro
- Laura Wetsch, Winslow Wetsch, PLLC, Raleigh
- Garry Whitaker, Garry Whitaker Law, P. C., Winston-Salem
Membership Committee
- Kristen Dewar, Vice President, Minick Law, P.C., Concord
- Matthew Berthold, Brown Moore & Associates, PLLC, Charlotte
- Robyn Buckley, The Law Offices of Jason E. Taylor, P.C., Charlotte
- Belal Elrahal, Mecklenburg County Public Defender’s Office, Charlotte
- Spencer Fritts, The Law Offices of John M. McCabe, P.A., Cary
- Hunter Gentel, Ricci Law Firm, P.A., Greenville
- Jacob Goad, Law Office of Jacob Goad, Durham
- David Henson, HensonFuerst, PA, Raleigh
- Ben Hiltzheimer, Hiltzheimer Law Office, PLLC, Durham
- Adam Langino, Langino Law PLLC, Chapel Hill
- Christine Latona, Martin, Jones, & Piemonte, Charlotte
- Andrew Legg, Kornbluth Ginsberg Law Group, P.A., Durham
- Justin Lowenberger, Ted A. Greve & Associates, P.A. Charlotte
- Kevin Mahoney, Asheville
- Blake Marcus, Minick Law, P.C., Asheville
- Sylvia Novinsky, NC Pro Bono Resource Center, Durham
- James Puritz, Charlotte
- Senta Rhodes, Grimes Teich Anderson LLP, Asheville
- Allison Vaughn, Charlotte
- Lisa Walker, Lisa Walker, Attorney at Law, PLLC, Knightdale
- Natalie Walters, Crumley Roberts, LLP, Greensboro
