
The Mecklenburg Bar Foundation believes that the legal community has the power to better our community as a whole by giving back.
Don’t miss your chance to join your friends and colleagues in supporting the 2025-26 Bar Foundation Fund.
Join the firms, legal departments, corporations and individuals contributing to:
the Lawyers' Impact Fund, the annual Law & Society Gala, the Legal Eagle Charity Golf Tournament, the Bar Leadership Institute and the 2026 McMillan Fellowship Fund Event.
You can make your pledge by donating online at MeckBar.org or by emailing
Executive Director Leah Campbell at lcampbell@meckbar.org or Director of Outreach Shelby Benson at sbenson@meckbar.org
Thank you for supporting your BFF!
FIRM/BUSINESS SPONSORS
PLATINUM ($5,000 & up)
Bradley*
Conrad Trosch & Kemmy, P.A.
Fox Rothschild LLP
Lord & Lindley, PLLC
McGuireWoods *
Moore & Van Allen, PLLC*
Parker Poe*
Rayburn, Cooper & Durham, P.A.
Robertson & Associates*
Robinson Bradshaw*
Sodoma Law, P.C.
Villmer Caudill
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP*
GOLD ($2,500 - $4,999)
Elon University School of Law
Gardner Skelton PLLC
Garfinkel Immigration Law Firm
Hamilton Stephens Steele & Martin, PLLC
Poyner Spruill LLP
Sperry & Hatley, P.C.
Towne Bank
Veritext
SILVER ($1,000 to $2,499)
Bell, Davis & Pitt, P.A.
Hicks Guinn Law, PLLC
The Olsinski law Firm, PLLC
Plumides, Romano & Johnson
Rawls, Scheer, Clary & Mingo
Umberger Wells PA*
BRONZE (Up to $999)
Alexander Ricks PLLC
Bouve Services, Inc.
Dye Culik PC
FTI Consulting
Garrett, PLLC
Harman Law, PLLC*
Higgins & Owns, PLLC*
Johnston, Allison & Hord, PA
Kirk, Palmer & Thigpen, P.A.
Legal Aid of North Carolina
Littler Mendelson, P.C.
McIlveen Family Law Firm
Mecklenburg Bar Association Business Law Section
Minick Law, P.C.
The Odom Firm, PLLC
Parton Law, PLLC
Son of Brown Law Firm
INDIVIDUAL SPONSORS
PATRON ($2,500 & up)
Daniel A. Merlin
BENEFACTOR ($1,000 - $2,499)
A. Carter Arey & Raj Natarajan*
Leah R. Campbell*
In memory of Hon. Hugh B. Campbell, Jr.
Gregory H. Gach
Mark W. Kinghorn
Michael L. Martinez*
Paul A. Steffens
SUPPORTER ($300 - $999)
Tania Archer
Blas P. Arroyo*
Julie M. Bradlow
Ethan C. Blumenthal
Dorothy & Michael Connor*
Joe D. Culik*
Matthew S. DeAntonio*
Patrick A. Doerr*
Michele S. & Walter D. Fisher, Jr.*
Lisa C. Flowers*
Joseph W. Grier, III*
Michael C. Harman*
W. Coker Holmes
In memory of Walter Coker Moorman, Sr.
Sarah F. Hutchins*
David M. Kern*
Dena J. King
Hannah F. Little*
Pender McElroy
Kiran H. Mehta*
P. Barrett Morris*
Ashley B. Oldfield*
Hon. Cecilia Oseguera
David M. Schilli*
Bruce M. Simpson
Mesha Sloss*
In memory of Fredrick W. Ford
Alice & Brent Torstrick
Hon. Louis A. Trosch, Jr.*
John "Buddy" Wester*
CONTRIBUTOR (Up to $299)
Michelle C. Anderson
Maria Baglien
Jon Bewall
Hon. Aretha V. Blake
Christine Boone
In honor of Julie Bradlow
Tonja D. Brooks*
John Joseph Carpenter
Kelly B. Carroll*
W. Scott Cooper*
Malik Dixon
Albert F. Durham*
Lacey Duskin*
Shawna Dye Culik
Catherine M. El-Khouri
Terence Fails
In honor of Julie Bradlow
Hilary & Oliver Fankhauser
Debra Lee Foster
Jason Freeman
In nonor of Ann & Blaine Sanders
Ross R. Fulton*
Matthew E. Gerber
Hannah Guerrier
Rachel D.R. Hamrick*
Maxine Horowitz
In memory of Steve Horowitz
Amy R. Howard*
Wayne P. Huckel
Jason B. James*
In memory of Lloyd Baucom
Amanda S. Jarman
Joie Johnston
Lori R. Keeton*
Gabi G. Kelly
Natalie Kutcher
Emma Kutteh
Christopher Lam
Kelli Lee
In honor of Julie Bradlow
Hon. Alyssa M. Levine
Lauren V. Lewis
Trey Lindley
Harrison A. Lord
Derek T. Lundquist
Catherine L. Magennis
In memory of Anne Crotty
Patrick C. Macher
Hon. J. Rex Marvel
La-Deidre Matthews*
Judy Z. Mayo
Brianna McRae
Laissa Mañón*
Charles B. Melcombe
John R. Miller, Jr.*
Timothy P. Misner
Hon. Rickye McKoy-Mitchell*
Hon. Samantha C. Mobley
In memory of Attorney James Ferguson II
Holly & Jason Norvell*
Thomas "Tate" L. Ogburn
Alec C. Quint
Diane D. Price
Tyler B. Peacock
Amanda K. Pooler
C. Richard Rayburn, Jr.*
Akya S. Rice
R. Lee Robertson, Jr.
John F. Rudisill
Ann & D. Blaine Sanders
Lauren J. Schantz
Ty E. Shaffer
Thomas S. Shaver
Raleigh Shoemaker*
Claudia Soto
Susan L. Sowell
Richard Jeremy Sugg
Kevin G. Sweat
Emerson M. Thompson III*
Eric Trosch
In memory of Minette Trosch
Meghan Tinkham*
Nicholas P. Valaoras
Mandana D. Vidwan*
F. Lee Weaver
In honor of John Newitt
David Webb
Hon. Frank Whitney
Nicholas E. Williams
Richard W. Wilson*
In memory of Roy H. Michaux, Jr.
Yvette Ceandreas Wiltshite
Jonathan C. Windham
Lawrence D. Wooden*
William R. Zwicharowski
GIFTS IN KIND
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*Indicates donors who have supported the BFF for three consecutive years or more
BFF Honor Roll
The BFF Honor Roll recognizes those firms and organizations that have 100% attorney participation in donating to the Bar Foundation Fund’s Lawyers’ Impact Fund.
Special Thanks To
Lord & Lindley, PLLC
Mecklenburg Bar Foundation Board of Directors
Mecklenburg Bar Foundation Executive Committee
Do you want your firm to receive special recognition on the BFF Honor Roll?
Contact Development Committee Chair Joe Culik at jc@dyeculik.com or mbfgrants@meckbar.org for more information.
Click Here to See the List of 2024-25 Bar Foundation Fund Donors
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