Honors and Awards:

• Recipient of Duke Law School Distinguished Alumni Award for Public Service 2010 and North Carolina Bar Distinguished Service Award 2010. Rated  “AV Preeminent” in Martindale Hubbell’s American Registry of Lawyers (20 years) and the Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers 2010, 2011. Recipient of “Women in Business” Award, Business Journal, 2009; Named a “Woman of Achievement” by General Federation of Women’s Clubs of North Carolina 2007; Named in North Carolina “Superlawyers” by Law & Politics Magazine 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 including one of the top 50 women attorneys in North Carolina; Named in “North Carolina Legal Elite” by Business North Carolina 2007; Named in “Best Lawyers in America” 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012; Named a “2008 Law Impact Leader” by Triad Business Leader magazine; Named a “Woman Extraordinaire” by BizLife magazine 2007; 1980 Miss North Carolina and recipient of Grand Talent Award at 1981 Miss America Pageant; 1980 Recipient of N.C. Jaycees Award of Excellence; "Outstanding Community Leaders of America" - 1987; Named 1994 "Business Associate of the Year" by the American Business Women's Association, Reidsville Chapter. Ward Black Law named in “Best Law Firms in America” for Plaintiff Personal Injury and Class Actions in 2011 and 2012 by US News and World Report; and named one of the “Family-Friendly 50” companies by Carolina Parenting

Bar/Professional Activity:

• President, North Carolina Bar Association 2007-2008 (16,000 members); Board of Governors Member, American Association for Justice 2005-2008; President-Elect, North Carolina Bar Association 2006-2007; Member (2002-2005) and Co-Chair (2005), Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation Advisory Panel; President, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers 2002-2003 (3900 members); Chair, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers Political Action Committee 2004-2006; Board of Advisors, First Citizens Bank, Greensboro (2009 – present); Trustee, Hood Theological Seminary, Salisbury, NC 2000-2008, Trustee Emeritus presently; Co-Chair, Access to Justice, Legal Services of North Carolina- Triad Division 2006; Board of Directors Member, Volunteer Center of Greensboro (2001-2005); Member, Women Presidents’ Organization, Greensboro (2008 – present);Board of Directors Member, Women’s Resource Center of Greensboro; Chair, Strategic Planning Committee, North Carolina Bar Association, 2001-2002; President-Elect, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2001-2002; Legislative Vice President, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2000-2001; Chair, Litigation Section of the North Carolina Bar Association (1900 members); Member, Long Range Planning Committee, NCBA and Chair of Subcommittee on Image and Leadership 2000-2001; Steering Committee Member, NC Institute of Government Judicial Education Fund; Board of Governors and Executive Committee Member, North Carolina Bar Association 1998-2001; Vice-President of Membership, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers 1998-2000; Co-Chair, PAC Task Force, Association of Trial Lawyers of America 1998-1999; Co-chair, NC Access to Justice Campaign for Legal Services of North Carolina; Co-chairman, Ethics Committee, Litigation Section, North Carolina Bar Association; Member, Task Force on Women in the Profession, NCBA Member; Rules Committee, NC Business Court; Board Member, Vice-Chair, Chair, Presbyterian Counseling Center, 1993-1997; Rowan County Bar Association, President 1992, President Elect 1990-91.