Specialty Committees
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