Adams elected chair of the board of directors of Legal Aid of North Carolina
July 11, 2005
(Raleigh, NC) – Reid C. “Cal” Adams, Jr. was elected chair of the
board of directors of Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) during the
2005 LANC Annual Meeting in Sunset Beach, N.C.
Adams is an attorney in the law firm of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice,
PLLC, in Winston-Salem, and a 1981 cum laude graduate of the Wake Forest
University School of Law.
Adams is a founding director of Legal Aid of North Carolina, a three-term
president of Legal Aid Society of Northwest North Carolina, and a member
of the American Bar Association’s Pro Bono Advisory Committee. He succeeds
Leo L. Allison of Mebane, who was the first non-attorney to serve as
chair of Legal Aid of North Carolina since its inception following the consolidation
of LSC-funded legal services programs in North Carolina in July 2002.
“I am honored to have been selected to Chair this great organization,”
said Adams, “and I am proud to be a part of an effort to help poor people
in their time of need. Helping poor people with their serious legal
problems is what LANC does. LANC attorneys make sure that landlords,
car dealers and finance companies treat poor people fairly by making
them follow the law.
“During my year as Chairman of the Board of Directors of LANC, I want
to educate the legal and non-legal communities about the work which
LANC's dedicated attorneys do on behalf of poor people.”
Other officers elected included: Glenn A. Barfield (of Barnes, Braswell
& Haithcock, PA, Goldsboro, NC) as Vice Chair; and Leto Copeley (Patterson
Harkavy & Lawrence, LLP, Raleigh, NC) as Treasurer; and Mary Flowers
(client representative, High Point NC) as Secretary.
Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) is a statewide, nonprofit law firm
that provides free legal services in civil matters to eligible, low-income
people in all 100 counties in North Carolina through 24, geographically
located offices in North Carolina. LANC’s clients typically have an
annual income of 125% or less of the federally established poverty levels.
Contacts
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Dock Kornegay (Director, Public Relations & Development, Raleigh,
NC); 919-856-2564
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George R. Hausen (Executive Director, Legal Aid of North Carolina, Raleigh,
NC); 919-856-2564
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Reid C. “Cal” Adams, Jr. (Chair, Board of Directors), Winston-Salem,
NC; 336-721-3660
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