Specialty Committees
APPELLATE PRACTICE SPECIALTY COMMITTEE
Michael Duane Jones, Co-Chair
Charlotte
Lisa S. Costner, Co-Chair
Winston-Salem
Lorin Lapidus, Vice Chair
Winston-Salem
Vernon Sumwalt
Charlotte
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
BANKRUPTCY LAW SPECIALTY COMMITTEE
David F. Mills, Chair
Smithfield
Robert A. Cox Jr.
Charlotte
Damon T. Duncan
Greensboro
Koury L. Hicks
Durham
Michael L. Martinez
Charlotte
Jenny P. Holman
Charlotte
Ciara Rogers
Raleigh
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
Sara A. DePasquale
Chapel Hill
Annick Lenoir-Peek
Durham
Deana K. Fleming
Chapel Hill
Matthew W. Jackson
Washington
CRIMINAL LAW SPECIALTY COMMITTEE
Anna M. Goodwin, Chair
Monroe
Jimmy Quander
Winston-Salem
Daniel Harris
Greensboro
Thomas R. Wilson
New Bern
Veronika Monteleone
Charlotte
Stacey D. Rubain
Greensboro
Daniel P. Roberts
Charlotte
Advisory Member
Mark A. Jones
Winston-Salem
ELDER LAW SPECIALTY COMMITTEE
Marjorie J. Brown, Chair
Concord
Letha McDowell
Southern Shores
Larry Hartley
Asheville
Jennifer M. Roden
Wilmington
Hannah Vaughan
Greensboro
Lisa Salines-Mondello
Wilmington
Anthony D. Nicholson
Durham
Employmeny Law Specialty Committee
Grant Osborne, Chair
Raleigh
Phil Gibbons, Vice Chair
Charlotte
Nicole Patino
Greensboro
Wm. Joseph Austin (Joe)
Raleigh
Kevin Murphy
Charlotte
Mimi Soule
Raleigh
Laura J. Wetsch
Raleigh
Advisory Members
Kelly S. Hughes
Charlotte
Denise Cline
Raleigh
S. McKinley Gray, III (Ken)
New Bern
Andrew K. McVey (Andy)
Wilmington
Jennifer D. Spyker
Charlotte
ESTATE PLANNING AND PROBATE LAW SPECIALTY COMMITTEE
Chadwick Ian McCullen, Chair
Raleigh
Charlie Davis
Raleigh
Evan M. Gilreath
Hendersonville
Christina Hinkle
Durham
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 Goncarovs 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
Steven T. Snyder
Charlotte
Alexander M. Pearce
Raleigh
Shannon Brock Ralich
Apex
Clark Walton
Charlotte
Molly F. Martinson
Raleigh
REAL PROPERTY LAW SPECIALTY COMMITTEE
Melissa Dixon, Chair
Roanoke Rapids
Laura Martin, Vice Chair
Raleigh
Jeff Dunham
Greensboro
Benjamin Ellis
Charlotte
Matthew Autry
Fayetteville
Zachary M. Moretz
Concord
C. Thomas Steele Jr.
Burlington
SOCIAL SECURITY AND DISABILITY LAW SPECIALTY COMMITTEE
Derrick Arrowood, Chair
Raleigh
Christine M. Burnside
Greensboro
Crystal G. Rouse
Raleigh
Brian P. Hogan
Greensboro
David Harold Lund
Charlotte
Whitney Thomas Scarborough
Wadesboro
Billie Guthrie
Greensboro
TRADEMARK LAW SPECIALTY COMMITTEE
Angela P. Doughty, Chair
New Bern
William Barker Cannon
Raleigh
David Sar
Greensboro
Erica Rogers
Raleigh
Trevor P. Schmidt
Raleigh
Edward L. Timberlake Jr.
Chapel Hill
Maury M. Tepper III
Raleigh
UTILITIES LAW SPECIALTY COMMITTEE
Samuel J. Ervin IV, Chair
Morganton
Benjamin W. Smith, Vice Chair
Raleigh
Andrea R. Kells
Raleigh
Christina Cress
Wilmington
Brett Breitschwerdt
Raleigh
Kimberly W. Duffley
Raleigh
Benjamin L. Snowden
Raleigh
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW SPECIALTY COMMITTEE
Kristina Brown Thompson, Chair
Cary
Bobby L. Bollinger Jr.
Charlotte
Holland Ferguson
Charlotte
Michael Sigmon
Mars Hill
Cameron Wesley
Charlotte
Ben Simpson
Raleigh
Matthew Buckner
Clinton