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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
Thomas L. Ogburn, Partner
t: 704.342.5258
f: 704.342.5264
 | Charlotte

Management Team

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
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
Kim Zimmer, Director of Business Development and Marketing
t: 919.783.2863
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh

Section Leaders

Kenneth L. Burgess, Partner
Section: Health Law, Leader
t: 919.783.2917
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh
Daniel G. Cahill, Partner
Section: Litigation, Leader
t: 919.783.2902
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh
Brian F. Corbett, Partner
Section: Financial Services, Leader
t: 919.783.2826
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh
David Dreifus, Partner
Section: Litigation, Assistant Leader
t: 919.783.2817
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh
Joshua B. Durham, Partner
Section: Litigation, Assistant Leader
t: 704.342.5284
f: 704.342.5264
 | Charlotte
David R. Fricke, Partner
Section: Real Estate and Land Use, Assistant Leader
t: 919.783.2921
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh
Susanna Knutson Gibbons, Partner
Section: Employment Law, Leader
t: 919.783.2813
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh
Eugene S. Griggs, Partner
Section: Employment Law, Assistant Leader
t: 704.342.5320
f: 704.342.5264
 | Charlotte
Keith H. Johnson, Partner
Section: Real Estate and Land Use, Leader
t: 919.783.1013
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh
David R. Krosner, Partner
Section: Business, Leader
t: 919.783.2844
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh
James M. O'Brien III, Partner
Section: Business, Assistant Leader
t: 919.783.2872
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh
Lisa P. Sumner, Partner
Section: Financial Services, Assistant Leader
t: 919.783.2869
f: 919.783.1075
 | Raleigh
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