Skip to main content

Family Law Leadership

Officers

Chair
Jennifer S. Tharrington | Village Law Group
Immediate Past Chair
Jill Jackson
Secretary
Emily Catherine Jeske | Bosquez Porter Family Law
Treasurer
Rosalia Maria Sotelo Hawkins | Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP
Vice-Chair
Larissa Mañon Mervin | Legal Aid of NC

Ex-Officio

Communities Manager
Sherard Johnson | 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

Andrea Marcela Bosquez-Porter
Jacob Christian Ehrmann | Montford Family Law
Kyle Andrew Frost | Hamilton Stephens Steele & Martin PLLC
Maren Tallent Funk | Godley, Glazer & Funk, PLLC
Derrick James Hensley | The Law Office of Derrick J. Hensley, PLLC
Robert Lawrence Inge | Robert L. Inge, P.A.
Jonathan Jerkins
Ayanda Dowtin Meachem | Legal Aid of NC
John G. Miskey IV | Bagwell Holt Smith PA
Helen Morgan O'Shaughnessy | Wake Family Law Group
Marion Kathleen Parsons | Parsons Law, P.A.
Linda B. Sayed | Block Crouch Keeter Behm & Sayed LLP
Susan Sullivan Simos | Craige Jenkins Liipfert & Walker LLP
Richard Monroe Webb | Jones Childers Donaldson Webb Attorneys at Law
Tatjana Jarne Williams

Committee Leadership

Adoption Committee Co-Chair
Michele Glenham Smith | Hill Evans Jordan & Beatty
Adoption Committee Co-Chair
Brinton D. Wright
Alimony Committee Co-Chair
Wesley Peter Gelb | Connell & Gelb PLLC
Bylaws Committee Chair
Rebecca K. Watts | Collins Family Law Group
Bylaws Committee Chair
Caitlin Bush Birckhead | Tharrington Smith LLP
CLE Committee Co-Chair
Andrea Marcela Bosquez-Porter
CLE Committee Co-Chair
Amy Lynn Britt | Parker Bryan Family Law
Communications Co-Chair
Chelsea Elise Gajewski | Sodoma Law PC
Communications Co-Chair
Rachel Carter Beard | Wake Family Law Group
Custody and Child Support Committee Co-Chair
Rosalia Maria Sotelo Hawkins | Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP
Custody and Child Support Committee Co-Chair
Leigh Ballenger Sellers
Diversity & Inclusion Committee Co-Chair
Madison Root
Diversity & Inclusion Committee Co-Chair
Elysia Maria Prendergast-Jones | Legal Aid of NC
Domestic Violence Co-Chair
Sarah Privette | Oak City Family Law, PLLC
Domestic Violence Co-Chair
Jordan Hardy Gross | Stauff & Gross, PLLC
Modern Family Chair
Milan Thuy Trinh Pham | NicholsonPham Attorneys at Law
History of Family Law Chair
Carly Grace Baker | Wake Family Law Group
Appeals Monitor/Listserv Reporter Committee Co-Chair
Jonathan Gordon McGirt | Jonathan G. McGirt, Attorney at Law
History of Family Law Chair
Jake Warren Terrell | Wake Family Law Group
ADR Committee Co-chair
Justin Lee Mauney | Wake Family Law Group
ADR Committee Co-chair
Jeffrey Edward Marshall | Marshall & Taylor, PLLC
Alternative Dispute Resolution Co-Chair
Elaine Hedrick Ashley | Hill Evans Jordan & Beatty
Bench Bar Liaison Committee Chair
Kristin Kelly Broyles | State of North Carolina
Alimony Co-Chair
Elizabeth Johnstone James | Hamilton Stephens Steele & Martin PLLC
Appeals Monitor/Listserv Reporter Committee Co-Chair
Kyle Andrew Frost | Hamilton Stephens Steele & Martin PLLC
Bench Bar Liaison Committee Chair
Beth Ann Spencer Dixon | NC District Court
Equitable Distribution Committee Co-Chair
Roy Arnold Dawson | Law Offices of Roy A. Dawson, P.A.
Equitable Distribution Committee Co-Chair
Justin Lee Mauney | Wake Family Law Group
Equitable Distribution Committee Co-Chair
Charles Whitaker Clanton | Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP
Ethics Committee Chair
Stephen Edward Robertson | Law Office of Stephen E Robertson, PLLC
Ethics Committee Co-Chair
Spencer E. Schold | Collins Family Law Group
Family Law Bench Book Chair
Rachel Carter Beard | Wake Family Law Group
Legislative Committee Co-Chair
Stephanie Jane Gibbs | Gailor Hunt Davis Taylor & Gibbs, PLLC
Legislative Committee Co-Chair
Gene Brentley Tanner | Parker Bryan Family Law
Membership Committee Co-Chair
Ashley Lister Oldham | New Direction Family Law
Membership Committee Co-Chair
Lisa LeFante | Triangle Smart Divorce
Nominations Committee Chair
Jill Jackson
Paralegal Division Liaison
Margaret M. Pardue | Hampson Family Law
Pro Bono Committee Co-Chair
Jonathan Jerkins
Pro Bono Committee Co-Chair
Elysia Maria Prendergast-Jones | Legal Aid of NC
Social Committee Co-Chair
Tayler Raine d'Alelio | Parker Bryan Family Law
Social Committee Co-Chair
Cheyenne Chong Van Leeuwen | Marshall & Taylor, PLLC
YLD Liaison
Christina Belville | New Direction Family Law
YLD Liaison
Jonathan Jerkins