Legal Aid of NC elects new directors
July 3, 2008 MEDIA RELEASE
(Raleigh, NC) – Eight North Carolinians were elected to
serve on the
board of directors of
Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC)
during the 2008 LANC Annual Meeting in
Pine Knoll Shores, NC.
The new directors include:
Auley M. “Lee” Crouch of Wilmington (attorney with
Block,
Crouch, Keeter, Behm & Sayed, LLP); Mary Flowers of
High Point (client representative);
Samuel B.
Johnson of Greensboro (attorney at law); Dellarene Myers of
Wilkesboro (client representative); Ellen Sheppard of Williamston
(client representative);
James M. Talley, Jr. of Charlotte (attorney with
Horack,
Talley, Pharr & Lowndes, PA);
Mary Ann Talley of Fayetteville (attorney with
the Center for Death
Penalty Litigation) and
John R. Wester of Charlotte (attorney with
Robinson, Bradshaw and
Hinson, PA).
Officers for 2008-09 include: Chair:
Glenn A. Barfield
of Goldsboro (attorney with
Haithcock, Barfield,
Hulse and Kinsey, PLLC); Vice-Chair:
Lisa
Morgan of Durham (attorney with the
North Carolina Central University
School of Law); Treasurer:
Celeste M. Harris
of Winston-Salem (attorney and partner with with
Maynard
& Harris, PLLC); and Secretary: Phillip Leigh of Creswell
(client representative).
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. In 2007, LANC closed approximately
23,000 cases across North
Carolina. For additional information
on LANC and its Board of Directors, visit the LANC website at
www.legalaidnc.org.
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CONTACTS:
Dock Kornegay (Director, Public Relations & Development),
Raleigh,
NC, 919-856-2564
George R. Hausen, Jr. (Executive Director),
Raleigh, NC,
919-856-2564
ALSO SEE:
"LANC
Board of Directors" webpage
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