Board of Directors

Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) is governed by a Board of Directors composed of attorneys, client representatives and a representative of the general public.  The Board meets quarterly.

  LANC Board of Directors (2008-09)
     Committees of the BOD
     Meeting Dates
     Media Releases/In the News
     Minutes
     Policies
     Resolutions
  LANC Bylaws
  LANC Executive Staff
  LANC Transition Board (Archive)

Media Releases - In the News


 Legal Aid of NC elects new directors
(July 3, 2008 media release)

 Book by LANC director Kris Shepard documents history of poverty law in the South

In the News...Updates on LANC activities

LANC Board of Directors (list) - 2008-09


Lisa Morgan, Esq.  ('09) - CHAIR
     NC Central School of Law
     Durham, NC
     (Appointment: NC Association of Black Lawyers)
 
Celeste M. Harris, Esq. ('10) - TREASURER
    Maynard & Harris, PLLC
    Winston-Salem, NC
    (Appointment: NC Association of Women Attorneys)
 
Phillip Leigh ('09) - SECRETARY
    Client Representative, At Large
    Creswell, NC
    (Appointment, Statewide Clients)
 
 
Reid C. "Cal" Adams, Esq.  ('09)
    Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
    Winston-Salem, NC
    (Appointment: NC Association of Defense Attorneys)
 
Thomas S. Berkau, Esq. ('10)
    Attorney at Law
    Smithfield, NC
    (Appointment: NC Bar Association)
 
Susan Perry Cole ('10)
    NC Association for Community Development
    Raleigh, NC
    (General Public Representative)
 
Helen Cook ('09)
    Client Representative, Southeast Region
    Fayetteville, NC
    (Elected: Southeastern Region Clients)
 
Auley M. “Lee” Crouch, Esq. ('11)
    Block, Crouch, Keeter, Behm & Sayed, LLP
    Wilmington, NC
    (Appointment: NC Bar Association)
 
Mary Flowers ('11)
    Client Representative
    High Point, NC
    (Elected: Statewide Clients)

Sharon Greig ('10)
    Client Representative
    Pantego, NC
    (Appointment: Statewide Clients)
 
Samuel B. Johnson, Esq. ('11)
    Samuel B. Johnson, Attorney, PLLC
    Greensboro, NC
    (Appointment:  NC Gay Advocacy Legal Alliance)

Shirley Jones ('10)
    Client Representative
    Rocky Mount, NC
    (Elected:  Statewide Clients)
 
Nellie Kearney ('11)
    Client Representative
    Henderson, NC
    (Elected: Triangle Region Clients)

Greg E. McDougal, Esq. ('11)
    Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
    Raleigh, NC
    (Appointment:  NC Bar Association)

Dellarene Myers ('11)
    Client Representative
    Wilkesboro, NC
    (Elected:  West Region Clients)

Raymond E. Owens, Jr., Esq. ('09)
    K&L Gates, LLP
    Charlotte, NC
    (Appointment: NC State Bar)
 
Kristoffer B. Shepard, Esq. ('10)
    Carolinas HealthCare System
    Charlotte, NC
    (Appointment: 26th Judicial District)

Paul C. Shepard, Esq.  ('09)
    Attorney at Law
    Winston-Salem, NC
    (Appointment: From 21st District, Forsyth County)

Ellen Shepperd ('11)
    Client Representative
    Williamston, NC
    (Elected:  Northeast Region Clients)

James M. Talley, Jr., Esq. ('09)
    Horack, Talley, Pharr & Lowndes, PA
    Charlotte, NC
    (Ex Officio; Appointment:  NC IOLTA Board of Trustees)

Mary Ann Tally, Esq. ('11)
    Center for Death Penalty Litigation
    201 West Main Street, Suite 301
    Durham, NC  27701
    (Elected: NC Advocates for Justice)
 
Alice Tejada, Esq. ('10)
    Scrudder & Hedrick
    Raleigh, NC
    (Appointment: NC Bar Association's Hispanic & Latino Lawyers
     Committee)

John R. Wester, Esq. ('09), Ex Officio
    President-Elect, NC Bar Association
    Robinson, Bradshaw and Hinson, PA
    Charlotte, NC
    (Ex Officio; Appointment: NC Bar Association)
 
Diana Williams-Cotton ('09)
    Client Representative, Triad Region
    Winston-Salem, NC
    (Elected: Triad Region Clients)
 
S. Kyle Woosley, Esq. ('10)
    Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
    Greensboro, NC
    (Appointment:  NC Bar Association)

LANC Executive Staff

Executive Director:
    George R. Hausen, Jr., Esq.

Assistant Director, Advocacy & Compliance:
    Celia Pistolis, Esq.

Assistant Director:
    Theodore Fillette, Esq.

Assistant Director, Finance & Administration:
    Christopher A. Marks

 

 

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Legal Aid of North Carolina is a statewide, nonprofit law firm that provides free legal services in civil matters to low-income people in order to ensure equal access to justice and to remove legal barriers to economic opportunity.

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