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
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