Councilor’s Corner
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Judge Patrice Hinnant is one of two North Carolina State Bar Councilors elected to represent the 24th Judicial District and is a retired District 18 Superior Court Judge
A Historical Perspective of the North Carolina State Bar District 24
The North Carolina State Bar was created by the legislature in 1933. The allocation of Council seats depends on the number of active members and is subject to review every six years. Our representatives include the following:
Past presidents from Greensboro according to the information available:
1935-1936—Julius C Smith
1940-1941—LP McClendon
1950-1951—Armistead W Sapp
1988-1989—Robert G Baynes
1992-1993—Robert A Wicker
2020-2021—Barbara R Christy
Councilors from Greensboro & High Point:
TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT BAR – one seat allocated as a mutli-county district
Charles A. Hines, Greensboro, NC—1933-1936
Don A. Walser, Lexington, NC—1936-1939
Charles W. McAnally, High Point, NC—1939-1942
H. R. Kyser, Thomasville, NC—1942-1944
Armistead W. Sapp, Greensboro, NC—1944-1947
J. F. Spruill, Lexington, NC—1947-1950
Arch K. Schoch, High Point, NC—1950-1955
Robert H. Dye, Fayetteville, NC—1955-1958
In 1955 Guilford County was moved to District Bar 18.
JUDICIAL DISTRICT BAR 18 – one seat allocated as a single county district
J. E. Shipman, Hendersonville, NC—1933-1939
Dover R. Fouts, Burnsville, NC—1939-1940
Fred D. Hamrick, Sr., Rutherfordton, NC—1940-1946
Charles Hutchins, Burnsville, NC—1946-1948
R.W. Proctor, Marion, NC—1948-1953
Paul J. Story, Marion, NC—1953-1955
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Charles T. Hagan, Jr., Greensboro, NC—1955-1957
J. W. Clontz, High Point, NC—1958-1960
Thomas Turner, Greensboro, NC—1961-1963
Louis J. Fisher, Sr., High Point, NC—1963-1967
Rufus W. Reynolds, Greensboro, NC—1967-1967
Richard L. Wharton, Greensboro, NC—1967-1969
Arch K. Schoch, IV, High Point, NC—1969-1972
Harold C. Mahler, Greensboro, NC—1972-1975
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Beginning 1980, four seats were allocated to the district.
1. Louis J. Fisher, Jr., High Point, NC—1975-1982
C. Richard Tate, High Point, NC—1982-1990
Walter W. Baker, Jr., High Point, NC—1991-1999
Jan H. Samet, High Point, NC—2000-2008
Richard S. Towers, High Point*—2009-2011
2. Harold C. Mahler, Greensboro, NC—1980-1988
William L. Osteen, Greensboro, NC—1989-1991
R. Walton McNairy, Greensboro, NC—1992-1993
Daniel W. Fouts, Greensboro, NC—1994-1997
Betty J. Pearce, Greensboro, NC—1998-2003
Margaret Burnham, Greensboro, NC—2004-2006
Nancy S. Ferguson, Greensboro, NC—2006-2009
Barbara Christy, Greensboro, NC—2010-2018
Patrice A. Hinnant, Greensboro, NC—2019-Present
3. John L. Rendleman, Greensboro, NC—1980-1983
Robert A. Wicker, Greensboro, NC—1983-1990
William R. Hoyle, Greensboro, NC—1991-1997
William O. Cooke, Jr., Greensboro, NC—1998-2000
G. Stevenson Crihfield, Greensboro, NC—2001-2009
Robert C. Cone, Greensboro, NC—2010-2016 (Resigned Jan 2016)
Stephen E. Robertson, Greensboro, NC—2016-2021 (Elected to finish unexpired term of Cone)
Manisha P. Patel, Greensboro, NC—2022-Present
4. Robert G. Baynes, Greensboro, NC—1980-1986
W. Erwin Fuller, Jr., Greensboro, NC**—1987-1994
JUDICIAL DISTRICT BAR 18HP/24HP
Richard S. Towers, High Point, NC—2011-2017
Raymond Bretzmann, High Point, NC—2018-2021
Kathleen Nix, High Point, NC—2021-Present
The current allocation for Greensboro is two seats. Guilford County is the only county in the state with two courthouses and districts. So, it is—“The tale of two cities.”
* 2011 LEGISLATION SPLIT JUDICIAL DISTRICT 18 INTO 18 AND 18HP EFFECTIVE 2011. THE DISTRICT WAS RENUMBERED TO DISTRICT 24 IN 2019.
** AS A RESULT OF REALLOCATION IN 1993, THE 18TH DISTRICT WILL HAVE ONE LESS COUNCILOR. THE POSITION HELD BY W. ERWIN FULLER, JR., WILL NOT BE FILLED WHEN HIS TERM EXPIRES IN 1994.