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Bankruptcy Leadership

Officers

Chair
George Franklin Sanderson III
Immediate Past Chair
Shelley Koon Abel
Secretary
Laurie Beth Biggs | Biggs Law Firm, PLLC
Treasurer
Jill Christine Walters | Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
Vice-Chair
James C. Lanik | Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey PLLC

Ex-Officio

Communities Manager
Sophie Roberts | North Carolina Bar Association
Communities Manager
BreAnne Shieh | North Carolina Bar Association
NCBA Executive Director
Jason M. Hensley | North Carolina Bar Association
NCBA President
Kimberly H. Stogner | Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
NCBA President-Elect
Robert E. Harrington | Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA

Council Members

Richard Preston Cook | Cape Fear Debt Relief
Phillip Michael Fajgenbaum
Stephanie Goodbar | Poyner Spruill LLP
Daniel Coleman Hayes | Hayes Law
Bradley Peter Jarvis
Elizabeth Fowlkes Lawson | Bennett Guthrie PLLC
Jennifer Adams Ledford | Stephen E Robertson Law Firm PLLC
Jamey Mavis Lowdermilk | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP
Robert Ashley Mays | Mays / Johnson Law Firm
Steven Craig Newton II | Nicholls & Crampton PA
Kathleen Marie O'Malley | Stevens Martin Vaughn & Tadych PLLC
Vicki Lynn Parrott | Northen Blue LLP
Hector Quesada | Law Offices of John T Orcutt
Philip Michael Sasser | Sasser Law Firm
Wendell Leslie Schollander III | Schollander Law Offices LLP
Lydia Stoney | Hendren Redwine & Malone PLLC
Kelly Dowd Tomasic | Hutchens Law Firm LLP
Matthew Winer | Hamilton Stephens Steele & Martin PLLC
Joanne Wu-White | Poyner Spruill LLP

Committee Leadership

Awards Committee Co-Chair
Shelley Koon Abel
Awards Committee Co-Chair
Margaret Rose Westbrook | K&L Gates LLP
Business Bankruptcy Committee Co-Chair
Laurie Beth Biggs | Biggs Law Firm, PLLC
Business Bankruptcy Committee Co-Chair
Robert Aubrey Cox Jr. | Hamilton Stephens Steele & Martin PLLC
CLE Committee Chair
Kathleen Marie O'Malley | Stevens Martin Vaughn & Tadych PLLC
CLE Non-Annual Committee Chair
John Charles Woodman | Essex Richards PA
Communications Chair
Jennifer Barker Lyday | Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey PLLC
Consumer Bankruptcy Committee Co-Chair
Donald Ray Buie | Donald R. Buie, Attorney at Law
Desk Book Committee Co-Chair
Michael Leon Martinez | Grier Wright Martinez PA
Desk Book Committee Co-Chair
Deborah T. Crowder | US Bankruptcy Court Western Dist of NC
Legislative Committee Co-Chair
James Shields Livermon III | Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Legislative Committee Co-Chair
Kristen Scott Nardone | Davis Nardone PC
Membership Committee Co-Chair
Ciara L. Rogers | Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey PLLC
Membership Committee Co-Chair
Matthew Winer | Hamilton Stephens Steele & Martin PLLC
Networking & Law School Outreach Committee Co-Chair
Ryan Peter Srnik
Networking & Law School Outreach Committee Co-Chair
Neil D. Jonas | Chapter 13 Office - WDNC (Charlotte Division)
Nominations Committee Chair
Shelley Koon Abel
Pro Bono Committee Chair
Diana Santos Johnson | Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey PLLC
Pro Bono Committee Co-Chair
Jamey Mavis Lowdermilk | Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP
Sponsorship Chair
Robert Ashley Mays | Mays / Johnson Law Firm
Sponsorship Chair
Jill Christine Walters | Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
Technology Committee Co-Chair
Matthew L Tomsic | Rayburn Cooper & Durham PA
Technology Committee Co-Chair
Stephanie Goodbar | Poyner Spruill LLP
YLD Liaison
Lydia Stoney | Hendren Redwine & Malone PLLC