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APPELLATE PRACTICE SPECIALTY COMMITTEE

Michael Duane Jones, Chair
Charlotte

Lisa S. Costner
Winston-Salem

Vernon Sumwalt
Charlotte

Lorin Lapidus
Winston-Salem

Sherri Horner-Lawrence
Raleigh

Rebecca Watts
Monroe

Erik R. Zimmerman
Chapel Hill

Advisory Members

Daniel M. Blau
Raleigh

Alexander C. Dale
Wilmington

Michelle A. Liguori
Raleigh

Justice Robert H. Edmunds
Greensboro

Jaye E. Bingham-Hinch
Raleigh

BANKRUPTCY LAW SPECIALTY COMMITTEE

Rebecca Finch Redwine, Chair
Raleigh

Shelley Koon Abel
Charlotte

Robert A. Cox, Jr.
Charlotte

Damon T. Duncan
Greensboro

Koury L. Hicks
Durham

Michael L. Martinez
Charlotte

David F. Mills
Smithfield

Child welfare LAW SPECIALTY COMMITTEE

Wendy C. Sotolongo, Chair
Durham

Shannon C. Poore, Vice-Chair
Raleigh

Sydney J. Batch
Raleigh

Gail E. Carelli
Raleigh

Reginald D. O’Rourke, II
Holly Springs

Angenette Stephenson
Chapel Hill

Matthew D. Wunsche
Raleigh

Advisory Members

Kiesha D. Crawford (public member)
Raleigh

Sara A. DePasquale
Chapel Hill

Richard Croutharmel
Raleigh

Deana K. Fleming
Chapel Hill

Matthew W. Jackson
Washington

CRIMINAL LAW SPECIALTY COMMITTEE

Anna M. Goodwin, Chair
Monroe

Keith A. Williams
Greenville

Mireille P. Clough
Winston-Salem

Thomas R. Wilson
New Bern

Veronika Monteleone
Charlotte

Stacey D. Rubain
Greensboro

Daniel P. Roberts
Charlotte

Advisory Members

Mark A. Jones
Winston-Salem

ELDER LAW SPECIALTY COMMITTEE

Marjorie J. Brown, Chair
Concord

Letha McDowell
Southern Shores

Larry Hartley
Asheville

Kathleen Rose Rodberg
Asheville

Jennifer M. Roden
Wilmington

Brent W. Stephens
Winston-Salem

Hannah Vaughn
Greensboro

Employmeny Law Specialty Committee

Grant Osborne, Chair
Asheville

Will Oden, Co-Vice-Chair
Wilmington

Phil Gibbons, Co-Vice-Chair
Charlotte

Nicole Patino
Asheboro

Wm. Joseph Austin (Joe)
Raleigh

Kevin Murphy
Charlotte

Mimi Soule
Raleigh

Advisory Members

Kelly S. Hughes
Charlotte

Denise Cline
Raleigh

S. McKinley Gray III (Ken)
New Bern

Andrew K. McVey (Andy)
Wilmington

Laura J. Wetsch
Raleigh

ESTATE PLANNING AND PROBATE LAW SPECIALTY COMMITTEE

N. Lucille (Lucy) Siler, Chair
Charlotte

Charlie Davis
Raleigh

Evan M. Gilreath
Hendersonville

Christina Hinkle
Durham

Chadwick Ian McCullen
Raleigh

Matthew W. Thompson
Wilmington

Kimberly Whitley
Hickory

FAMILY LAW SPECIALTY COMMITTEE

Kimberly W. Bryan, Chair
Raleigh

Monica R. Guy, Vice-Chair
Winston-Salem

Lee C. Hawley
High Point

Mark D. Riopel
Charlotte

Lauren Vaughn Lewis
Charlotte

Shelby Duffy Benton
Goldsboro

Jeffrey Robert Russell
Raleigh

IMMIGRATION LAW SPECIALTY COMMITTEE

Jordan Grace Forsythe, Chair
Charlotte

Benjamin A. Snyder, Vice-Chair
New York

Ann-Marie Dooley
Greensboro

David J. Long
Jamestown

Rebekah Goncarvos Grafton
Raleigh

Colleen Forcina Molner
Charlotte

Elizabeth Edwards
Charlotte

PRIVACY AND INFORMATION SECURITY LAW SPECIALTY COMMITTEE

Erin J. Illman, Chair
Charlotte

Tara N. Cho, Vice-Chair
Raleigh

Karin McGinnis
Charlotte

Steven T. Snyder
Charlotte

Alexander M. Pearce
Raleigh

Shannon Brock Ralich
Apex

Clark Walton
Charlotte

Advisory Members

Matthew A. Cordell
Greensboro

Elizabeth Johnson
Raleigh

REAL PROPERTY LAW SPECIALTY COMMITTEE

Joseph J. Kalo IV, Chair
Burlington

Melissa Dixon, Vice-Chair
Roanoke Rapids

Jeff Dunham
Greensboro

Benjamin Ellis
Charlotte

Laura Martin
Raleigh

Matthew Autry
Stedman

Zachary M. Moretz
Concord

SOCIAL SECURITY AND DISABILITY LAW SPECIALTY COMMITTEE

Jonathan Blair Biser, Chair
Durham

Derrick Arrowood
Raleigh

Christine M. Burnside
Greensboro

Brian P. Hogan
Greensboro

David Harold Lund
Charlotte

Whitney Thomas Scarborough
Wadesboro

TRADEMARK LAW SPECIALTY COMMITTEE

Angela P. Doughty, Chair
New Bern

William Barker Cannon
Raleigh

David Sar
Greensboro

Erica Rogers
Raleigh

Trevor P. Schmidt
Raleigh

Jeffrey J. Schwartz
Charlotte

Edward L. Timberlake Jr.
Chapel Hill

UTILITIES LAW SPECIALTY COMMITTEE

Andrew R. Kells, Chair
Raleigh

Samuel J. Ervin IV, Vice-Chair
Morganton

Christina Cress
Raleigh

Brett Breitschwerdt
Raleigh

Kimberly W. Duffley
Raleigh

Peter Ledford
Raleigh

Benjamin W. Smith
Raleigh

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW SPECIALTY COMMITTEE

April D. Gladkin, Co-Chair
Raleigh

Kristina Brown Thompson, Co-Chair
Cary

Bobby L. Bollinger
Charlotte

Holland Ferguson
Charlotte

Michael Sigmon
Mars Hill

Cameron Wesley
Charlotte

Ben Simpson
Raleigh