Legal Aid of North Carolina

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.

Media Releases - In the News

  LANC Board of Directors resolves support of ABA's
   "Civil Gideon Resolution"
   (Resolution passed by LANC BOD December 4, 2009)
 

  LANC Client Council passes Resolution in memory of
  Mary Ellen Flowers
  (December 3, 2009)

 
  LANC director Thomas S. "Tom" Berkau receives NC Bar Association's
   2009 William L. Thorp Pro Bono Award

  Lisa Morgan elected Chair of LANC Board of Directors
   (June 30, 2009 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) - 2009-10

Lisa Morgan, Esq.  ('12) - CHAIR
     NC Central University School of Law
     Durham, NC
     (Appointment: NC Association of Black Lawyers)
 
Celeste M. Harris, Esq. ('10) - VICE CHAIR
    Maynard & Harris, PLLC
    Winston-Salem, NC
    (Appointment: NC Association of Women Attorneys)
 
Thomas S. Berkau, Esq. ('10) - TREASURER
    Attorney at Law
    Smithfield, NC
    (Appointment: NC Bar Association)

Phillip Leigh ('12) - SECRETARY
    Client Representative, At Large
    Creswell, NC
    (Appointment, Statewide Clients)
 
 
Glenn A. Barfield, Esq. ('10)
   Haithcock, Barfield, Hulse & Kinsey
   Goldsboro, NC
    (Appointment: NC Bar Association)

Susan Perry Cole ('10)
    NC Association for Community Development
    Raleigh, NC
    (General Public Representative)
 
Helen Cook ('12)
    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: Southeast Region Clients)
 
Charles R. Holton ('12)
   Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
   Durham, NC
   (Appointment:  14th Judicial District, Durham County)
 
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)

Gregg 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. ('12)
    K&L Gates, LLP
    Charlotte, NC
    (Appointment: NC State Bar)
 
Alan K. Parry, Esq. ('12)
   Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan LLP
   Raleigh, NC
   (Appointment:  NC Association of Defense Attorneys)

Eugene C. Pridgen, Esq. ('10)
   K&L Gates
   Charlotte, NC
   (President-Elect, NC Bar Association)

Kristoffer B. Shepard, Esq. ('10)
    Carolinas HealthCare System
    Charlotte, NC
    (Appointment: 26th Judicial District, Mecklenburg County)

Paul C. Shepard, Esq.  ('12)
    Attorney at Law
    Winston-Salem, NC
    (Appointment: 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)
 
Diana Williams-Cotton ('12)
    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)

 

[NOTE:  Also to be appointed are representatives from the NC Association of Defense Attorneys and the NC Bar Association (President-Elect).]

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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