Board of Advisors

The following have given valuable assistance in the planning of the program and selection of speakers for the J. Nelson Young Tax Institute.

  • Michael R. Abel
    Schell Bray Aycock Abel & Livingston
  • Patricia L. Bryan
    Professor of Law, UNC School of Law
  • Fred B. Davenport, Jr.
    Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc.
  • Robert A. Fisher
    Moore & Van Allen, PLLC
  • David M. Furr
    Gray, Layton, Kersh, Solomon, Sigmon, Furr & Smith
  • John H. Griffing
    Gray, Layton, Kersh, Solomon, Sigmon, Furr & Smith
  • Jackson D. Hamilton
    Roberts & Stevens, PA
  • Brian F.D. Lavelle
    The Van Winkle Law Firm, PA
  • Robert S. Lilien
    Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson, PA
  • Maria M. Lynch
    Lynch & Eatman, LLP
  • Neill G. McBryde
    Moore & Van Allen, PLLC
  • William W. Nelson
    Smith Anderson, LLP, Raleigh
  • Walter H. Nunnallee
    Professor of Law, NCCU School of Law
  • William S. Patterson
    Hunton & Williams
  • Seldon E. Patty
    Bernard Robinson & Company
  • Gregg D. Polsky
    Professor of Law, UNC School of Law
  • J. Darrell Shealy
    Johnston Allison & Hord
  • Herman Spence III
    Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, PA
  • Richard E. Thigpen, Jr.
    Kirk, Palmer & Thigpen, PA
  • W. Gerald Thornton
    Manning, Fulton & Skinner, PA
  • Lawrence A. Zelenak
    Pamela B. Gann Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law

2012 Planning Committee Members

  • William J. Turnier
    Willie Person Magnum Professor of Law, UNC School of Law
  • Natalie Crenshaw
    Tuggle, Duggins & Meschan, PA
  • W. B. Rodman Davis
    Hagan Davis Mangum Barrett Langley & Hale
  • C. Wells Hall, III
    Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw
  • Deborah L. Hildebran
    Manning Fulton & Skinner, PA
  • Steve C. Horowitz
    Wishart Norris Henninger & Pittman, PA
  • Sherri L. McGirt
    McNair Law Firm, PA
  • Toby McNeill
    Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
  • Frank P. Meadows
    Poyner & Spruill, LLP
  • Charles L. Steel IV
    Williams Mullen
  • Kimberly Quarles Swintosky
    Smith Anderson, LLP


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