Specialty Committees
APPELLATE PRACTICE SPECIALTY COMMITTEE
Justice Robert H. Edmunds, Co-Chair
Greensboro
Jaye E. Bingham-Hinch, Co-Chair
Raleigh
Michael Duane Jones, Vice-Chair
Charlotte
Lisa S. Costner
Winston-Salem
Judge Richard D. Dietz
Raleigh
Sharri Horner-Lawrence
Raleigh
Matthew W. Sawchak
Raleigh
Advisory Members
Lorin Lapidus
Winston-Salem
Vernon Sumwalt
Charlotte
Rebecca Watts
Monroe
Bankruptcy Law Specialty Committee
Rebecca Finch Redwine, Chair
Raleigh
Shelley K. Abel
Charlotte
Brian Richard Anderson
Greensboro
James C. Lanik
Winston-Salem
Lance Paul Martin
Asheville
Michael L. Martinez
Charlotte
David D. 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
Matthew W. Jackson
Washington
Criminal Law Specialty Committee
Anna M. Goodwin, Chair
Monroe
Mireille P. Clough
Winston-Salem
Carl G. Ivarsson Jr.
Fayetteville
Veronika S. Monteleone
Gastonia
Stacey D. Rubain
Winston-Salem
Keith A. Williams
Greenville
Beth Wissinger Stang
Hendersonville
Advisory Members
Mark A. Jones
Winston-Salem
Eric J. Zogry
Raleigh
Elder Law Specialty Committee
Brent W. Stephens, Chair
Winston-Salem
Marjorie J. Brown
Concord
Kathryn C. DeAngelo
Charlotte
Mark E. Edwards
Nashville
E. Wyles Johnson Jr.
Greenville
Kathleen R. Rodberg
Asheville
Hannah Bradford Vaughan
Greensboro
Estate Planning and Probate Law Specialty Committee
S. Chris Henderson, Chair
Kinston
Amy H. Kincaid
Greensboro
Chadwick I. McCullen
Raleigh
Evan M. Gilreath
Hendersonville
N. Lucille "Lucy" Siler
Charlotte
Matthew W. Thompson
Wilmington
Kimberly Whitley
Hickory
Family Law Specialty Committee
Arlene M. Zipp, Chair
High Point
Kimberly W. Bryan
Raleigh
Monica R. Guy
Winston-Salem
Elizabeth “Libby” J. James
Charlotte
Lauren V. Lewis
Charlotte
John M. Martin
Greenville
Jeffrey R. Russell
Raleigh
Immigration Law Specialty Committee
Jordan Grace Forsythe, Chair
Charlotte
Jennifer Lee Cory
Charlotte
Anne Marie Dooley
Greensboro
David J. Long
Jamestown
Jorge I. Pardo
Charlotte
Benjamin A. Snyder
Charlotte
Helen Tarokic
Wilmington
Privacy and Information Security Law Specialty Committee
Matthew A. Cordell, Chair
Greensboro
Elizabeth Hendrix Johnson, Vice-Chair
Raleigh
Erin J. Illman
Charlotte
Karin M. McGinnis
Charlotte
Elizabeth Erwin Spainhour
Raleigh
Nathan E. Standley
Cary
F. Marshall Wall
Raleigh
Clark C. Walton
Charlotte
Real Property Law Specialty Committee
Thomas H. Johnson Jr., Chair
Raleigh
Jeff Dunham
Greensboro
Kirsten E. Foyles
Southern Pines
Nancy M. Guyton
Wilmington
Joseph J. Kalo IV
Burlington
Julian P. Robb
Winston-Salem
James W. Williams III
Wilmington
Social Security and Disability Law Specialty Committee
J. Blair Biser, Chair
Raleigh
Derrick K. Arrowood
Raleigh
Charles F. Hall IV
Winston-Salem
Brian P. Hogan
Greensboro
David H. Lund
Charlotte
Amelia Nicole Patton
Elkin
Whitney T. Scarborough
Wadesboro
Trademark Law Specialty Committee
Kimberly Bullock Gatling, Co-Chair
Greensboro
Angela Doughty, Co-Chair
Raleigh
William M. Bryner
Winston-Salem
William Barker Cannon
Raleigh
Rebecca E. Crandall
Asheville
Kathryn M. Eyster
Raleigh
Jeffrey J. Schwartz
Charlotte
Utilities Law Specialty Committee
Edward (Bret) Breitschwerdt, Chair
Raleigh
Christina D. Cress, Vice-Chair
Raleigh
ToNola D. Brown-Bland
Raleigh
Kimberly W. Duffley
Raleigh
Andrea R. Kells
Raleigh
Peter Ledford
Raleigh
L. Sam Watson, Jr.
Raleigh
Advisory Member
Michael D. Youth
Raleigh
Workers’ Compensation Law Specialty Committee
Annemarie Pantazis, Co-Chair
Charlotte
Daniel C. Pope Jr., Co-Chair
Raleigh
Bobby L. Bollinger Jr.
Charlotte
Holland Ferguson
Charlotte
April D. Seguin
Raleigh
Michael C. Sigmon
Mars Hill
Cameron Wesley
Charlotte