Leadership
Our Leadership
NCCCLA is grateful to the many attorneys whose dedication and hard work has been integral to the advancement of the Collaborative Law Process in general civil disputes. Many of these pioneers are Founding Members of NCCCLA and continue to serve in leadership roles within the organization. Learn more about each member by clicking on his or her name below to link to the member’s individual page on his or her firm website.
Founding Members
Danae C. Woodward
Woodward & Woodward PLLC
Mark Springfield
Springfield Collaborative Divorce
Nicole Slaughter, Treasurer
Hamlet & Associates, PLLC
John Sarratt
Retired from the practice of law
Carl N. Patterson, Jr.
Smith Anderson
John Ong
Law Office of John Ong, PLLC
Steve Gruendel
Moore and VanAllen
Robert E. Fields, III
Oak City Law LLP
Bartina L. Edwards
Law Offices of Bartina Edwards
Auley (Lee) M. Crouch, III
Block, Crouch, Keeter, Behm, & Sayed, LLP
Amy L. Cox Gruendel
Resolution Mediation Services, LLC
William A. Blancato
Doughton Blancato, PLLC
Jeffrey A. Batts
Batts, Batts & Bell, LLP
Board Members and Officers
Jeffrey A. Batts, President
Batts, Batts & Bell, LLP
Colleen L. Byers, Vice President
Colleen Byers Mediation, LLC
Danae C. Woodward, Secretary
Woodward & Woodward PLLC
Nicole Slaughter, Treasurer
Hamlet & Associates, PLLC
Bartina L. Edwards
Law Offices of Bartina Edwards
Brian Ferrell
Kennon Craver, PLLC
Amy L. Cox Gruendel
Resolution Mediation Services, LLC
David Irvine Jr.
Irvine Law Firm
Bob Meynardie
Meynardie & Nanney, PLLC
John Ong
Law Office of John Ong, PLLC
Jordan Price Wall Gray Jones & Carlton, PLLC,
Mark Springfield
Springfield Collaborative Divorce