Chief Justice Paul Newby – Supreme Court of North Carolina (Chair)
Indefinite term

Chief Judge Donna Stroud – North Carolina Court of Appeals
Term January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022
Appointed by Chief Justice Newby

Judge Michael L. Robinson – Special Superior Court Judge, N.C. Business Court, Winston-Salem
Term January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2021
Appointed by Senior Associate Justice Newby

Judge Clifton Smith – District Court Judge, Newton
Term January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2021
Appointed by Senior Associate Justice Newby

Professor E. Gregory Wallace – Campbell University School of Law, Raleigh
Term January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2023
Appointed by Chief Justice Newby

Dean Martin H. Brinkley – University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill
Term January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2022
Appointed by Chief Justice Beasley

Ronnie M. Mitchell – Office of the Sheriff, Cumberland County
Term January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2022
Appointed by Senior Associate Justice Newby, Reappointed by Chief Justice Beasley

Allison Mullins – Turning Point Litigation, Greensboro
Term January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2021
Appointed by Senior Associate Justice Newby

Garry Frank – District Attorney, Davidson County
Term January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2021
Appointed by Senior Associate Justice Newby

James Stockton Perry – Perry, Perry & Perry, Kinston
Term January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2023
Appointed by Senior Associate Justice Newby, Reappointed by Chief Justice Newby

Andrew H. Erteschik – Poyner Spruill, Raleigh
Term January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2022
Appointed by Chief Justice Martin, Reappointed by Chief Justice Beasley

Debra L. Foster – Debra L. Foster Law, Charlotte
Term January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2022
Appointed by Senior Associate Justice Newby, Reappointed by Chief Justice Beasley

Carla Cobb – Carla Cobb Mediation, Raleigh
Term January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2023
Appointed by Chief Justice Newby

Stephen R. Berlin – Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton, Winston-Salem
Term January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2023
Appointed by Chief Justice Newby

Anne Graham Lotz – AnGeL Ministries, Raleigh
Term January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2021
Appointed by Chief Justice Martin, Reappointed by Senior Associate Justice Newby

Clarence E. Henderson – President, Frederick Douglass Foundation, High Point
Term January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2023
Appointed by Chief Justice Newby

Hon. Shelena Smith – Clerk of Court, Robeson County, Lumberton
Term January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2023
Appointed by Chief Justice Newby

Ex Officio Members

Barbara L. Christy – N.C. State Bar President October 2020-October 2021
Term - State Bar President Term
Rotating automatic appointment of State Bar President

Kimberly Overton Spahos – Chief Resource Prosecutor, N.C. Conference of District Attorneys
Term January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2023
Appointed by Chief Justice Newby

Charles A. Spahos – Financial Crimes Resource Prosecutor, N.C. Conference of District Attorneys
Term January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2023
Appointed by Chief Justice Newby

Kim Crouch – Executive Director, N.C. Advocates for Justice
Term January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2023
Appointed by Chief Justice Newby

Mary Pollard – Executive Director, Office of Indigent Services
Term January 31, 2021 - December 31, 2023
Appointed by Chief Justice Newby