More than 300 family members, guests and sponsor attorneys attended the Fall Swearing-In ceremonial court session.
Fall 2009 Swearing-In Ceremony Congratulations to the 131 new attorneys who were sworn in on October 1, 2009 at the Marriott City Center! Special Superior Court Judge Albert Diaz presided over the state portion of the ceremonial court session, and Chief United States District Court Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr. presided over the federal portion of the ceremonial court session. Young Lawyers Division Chair Amy B. Foxhall and Mecklenburg County Bar President Patrick E. Kelly helped congratulate the newly sworn in. The Young Lawyers Division thanks its sponsors for this event; United States Western District of North Carolina, Special Counsel, and File Vault. Please welcome the following attorneys to the North Carolina State Bar: Derek Paul Adler DeVore, Acton & Stafford, PA University of North Carolina School of Law Elias W. Admassu Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo, LLP University of North Carolina School of Law Stephen Kyle Agee James C. Hardin III, PLLC University of South Carolina School of Law David Michael Alban Alston & Bird LLP University of California at Berkley School of Law Stephanie Michelle Davis Albright University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law Alonzo McAlpine Alston Self-Employed Charlotte School of Law Marc Stephen Asbill Charlotte School of Law Benjamin David Austrin-Willis North Carolina Business Court Wake Forest School of Law Leslie Ann Baggatta Baggatta Law Frim, PLLC Charlotte School of Law www.meckbar.org
LaTosha R. Barnes Poyner Spruill LLP Wake Forest School of Law Robert Locke Beatty McGuireWoods LLP University of Virginia School of Law Erin Theresa Bray PricewaterhouseCoopers Louisiana State University Law Center Adam Mark Bridgers Huron Consulting Group Charlotte School of Law Daniel James Brown Charlotte School of Law Jessica Lyn Brumley Williams & Connolly LLP Duke University School of Law Sarah Abigail Byrd US Department of Justice, EOIR University of North Carolina School of Law Gretchen L. Caldwell Legal Services of Southern Piedmont Charlotte School of Law Samuel Wallace Carnwath III Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP University of South Carolina School of Law
Justin Tyler Carpenter K&L Gates University of North Carolina School of Law Kimberly Jane Carter Richard A. Peniston & Associates, PA Charlotte School of Law Jennifer Gwynne Case William & May School of Law James Raymond Cass Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, PA University of Virginia School of Law Darcel Chandler Charlotte School of Law Joy McMurry Chappell Fosbinder & VanKampen, PLLC Charlotte School of Law Christopher Bradley Clare Charlotte City Attorney’s Office Duke University School of Law Brian James Conley Mecklenburg County Public Defender’s Office Wake Forest School of Law John David Costa McGuireWoods LLP Emory University School of Law continued on page 10
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