CJCP Members

See the members of the Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism.

Chief Justice Paul Newby (Chair)
Chief Justice, Supreme Court of North Carolina
Term - Indefinite

Chief Judge Donna Stroud
Chief Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals
Term - expires December 31, 2023

Judge Michael L. Robinson
Special Superior Court Judge, Business Court, Winston-Salem
Term - expires December 31, 2024

Judge Clifton H. Smith
District Court Judge, Newton
Term - expires December 31, 2024

Professor Scott W. Gaylord
Elon University School of Law, Greensboro
Term - expires December 31, 2025

Professor E. Gregory Wallace
Campbell University School of Law, Raleigh
Term - expires December 31, 2023

John S. Willardson
Willardson Law Firm, Wilkesboro
Term - expires December 31, 2025

Carla Cobb
Carla Cobb Mediation, Raleigh
Term - expires December 31, 2023

Allison Mullins
Turning Point Litigation, Greensboro
Term - expires December 31, 2024

Garry W. Frank
District Attorney, Davidson County, Lexington
Term - expires December 31, 2024

Stephen R. Berlin
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, Winston-Salem
Term - expires December 31, 2023

Craig Schauer
Brooks Pierce, Raleigh
Term - expires December 31, 2023

Kimberly A. Herrick
Mills Law, P.A., Concord
Term - expires December 31, 2025

David N. Allen
Allen, Chesson & Grimes PLLC, Charlotte
Term - expires December 31, 2025

Hon. Shelena Smith
Clerk of Superior Court, Robeson County, Lumberton
Term - expires December 31, 2023

Clarence Henderson
President, Frederick Douglass Foundation, High Point
Term - expires December 31, 2023

Kenneth M. Xu
President, Color Us United, Raleigh
Term - expires December 31, 2024

Ex Officio Members

Marcia H. Armstrong
N.C. State Bar President
Armstrong Law Firm, P.A., Smithfield

Kimberly Overton Spahos
Executive Director, N.C. Conference of District Attorneys, Cary

Charles A. Spahos
Chief Financial Crimes Prosecutor, N.C. Conference of District Attorneys, Cary

Mary Pollard
Executive Director, Office of Indigent Defense Services, Durham

Kirk G. Warner
President, ABOTA
Attorney, Smith Anderson, Raleigh

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