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Firm Management

Managing Partner

Joseph B. Dempster Jr., Managing Partner
t: 919.783.1016
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh

Management Committee

Michael S. Colo, Partner
t: 252.972.7105
f: 252.972.7045
 | Rocky Mount
Thomas D. Eatman Jr., Partner
t: 704.342.5295
f: 704.342.5264
 | Charlotte
Susanna Knutson Gibbons, Partner
t: 919.783.2813
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh
Raymond A. Lichtner, CPA, Executive Director
t: 919.783.2992
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh
Lee A. Spinks, Partner
t: 704.342.5278
f: 704.342.5264
 | Charlotte

Management Team

Bradlee W. Davis, Director of Records and Information Mgmnt. (RIM)
t: 919.783.2860
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh
Ellen M. Kinsinger, Chief Information Officer
t: 919.783.1010
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh
Nancy W. Lester, Accounting Manager
t: 919.783.2990
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh
Raymond A. Lichtner, CPA, Executive Director
t: 919.783.2992
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh
Nina M. Long, Director of Human Resources
t: 919.783.2964
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh
Robert R. Lyon, Controller
t: 919.783.1063
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh
Wanda E. Poplin PHR, Charlotte Office Administrator
t: 704.342.5308
f: 704.342.5264
 | Charlotte
Debra S. Smith, Billing Services Manager
t: 919.783.2986
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh
M. Leigh Whitley, Rocky Mount Office Manager
t: 252.972.7059
 | Rocky Mount

Section Leaders

Kenneth L. Burgess, Partner
Section: Health Law
t: 919.783.2917
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh
William S. Cherry Jr., Partner
Section: Financial Services, Leader
t: 919.783.2938
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh
Michael S. Colo, Partner
Section: Business Organizations, Leader
t: 252.972.7105
f: 252.972.7045
 | Rocky Mount
Craig G. Dalton Jr., Partner
Section: Trust and Estates, Leader
t: 919.783.2943
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh
David Dreifus, Partner
Section: Litigation, Leader
t: 919.783.2817
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh
Joshua B. Durham, Partner
Section: Litigation, Co-Leader
t: 704.342.5284
f: 704.342.5264
 | Charlotte
J. Nicholas Ellis, Partner
Section: Litigation
t: 252.972.7115
f: 252.972.7045
 | Rocky Mount
Susanna Knutson Gibbons, Partner
Section: Employment Law, Leader
t: 919.783.2813
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh
Suzanne R. Griffin, Partner
Section: Financial Services
t: 919.783.1034
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh
Keith H. Johnson, Partner
Section: Land Use, Government & Environmental, Leader
t: 919.783.1013
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh
David R. Krosner, Partner
Section: Business Organizations, Co-Leader
t: 919.783.2844
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh
Lisa P. Sumner, Partner
Section: Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy, Leader
t: 919.783.2869
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh
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