Councilors

Harold Lee Boughman Jr., Chair
lee.boughman@abb-law.com

Scott C. Hart
shart@nclawyers.com

Jonathan Mark Herring 
jonathan.m.herring@nccourts.org

Kevin Joseph Kiernan
kiernan@skalawyers.com 

Michael R. Ramos, Chair
109 West Franklin St.
Rockingham, NC 28379
dprince@atme.net; mramos@atmc.net

Joseph Johnson, Public Member
uncg70@gmail.com

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Members

Michael S. Archer, Secretary
Legal Assistance Director 
Legal Service Support Section
Marine Corps Installations East
PSC Box 20005
Camp Lejeune, NC 28542-0005
Michael.archer@usmc.mil

Gill Beck, JAGC, Executive Director 
MGen., JAGC, USAR (retired)
329 Mountain Laurel
Asheville, NC 28805
gill.becksr@gmail.com

John W. Brooker
UNC Law Clinical Programs
102 Ridge Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
(919) 962-2672
jbrooker@email.unc.edu 

Kristen Coyne
568 Josey Williams Rd
Erwin, NC 28339
(480) 294-8536
kmhcoyne@gmail.com

Ruth A. Cresenzo
racresenzo@gmail.com

Matthew Freak
US Attorney’s Office, EDNC
310 New Bern Ave., Ste 800
Raleigh, NC 27601
Matthew.fesak@usdoj.gov

William C. Fields Jr.
PO Box 126
Raeford, NC 28376
(910) 875-4065
fields@raefordlawyer.com

David Fox
Military Liaison, NC Dept. of Justice
Consumer Protection
PO box 629
Raleigh, NC 27602
dfox@ncdoj.gov
(919) 716-6000

David L. Hayden
COL (USA ret.)
Smith Anderson
PO Box 2611
2300 Wells Fargo Capital Center
Raleigh, NC 27602-2611
dhayden@smithlaw.com

Brandon E. Heffinger 
Major (USMC)
Smith Anderson/Wake Forest Veterans Legal Clinic
PO Box 2611
2300 Wells Fargo Capitol Center
Raleigh, NC 27602-2611
bheffinger@smithlaw.com

George Humphrey 
LtCol, USMCR (ret) 
380 Knollwood St., Ste 700
Winston-Salem, NC 27103
ghumphrey@allmanspry.com

Eleanor Morales
Veterans Legal Clinic 
Wake Forest University School of Law
PO Box 7206
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
moralee@wfu.edu 

Robert E. Nunley LTCOL, USMC (Ret.) 
Nunley & Associates, PLLC 
PO Box 111
Green Mountain, NC 28740
marinejudge@gmail.com

Rick Ottinger
Ottinger Law, PLLC
PO Box 935
Erwin, NC 28339
(910) 808-8012

W. James Payne
Attorney at Law
PO Box 2308
Shallotte, NC 28459
payne@jamespaynelaw.com

Jaclyn Sitjar 
Jaclyn.Sitjar@elliswinters.com

Charlotte R. Stewart
(336) 675-3286
carolinguia@gmail.com

Mark E. Sullivan
COL, USAR, Ret.
Law Offices of Mark E. Sullivan, P.A.
5511 Capital Center Drive, Suite 320
Raleigh, NC 27606
(919) 832-8507
mark.sullivan@ncfamilylaw.com

Gene Brentley Tanner 
brent.tanner@parkerbryanfamilylaw.com

Kirk G. Warner, Col. (USAR, ret.), Vice-Chair
SmithAnderson
P.O. Box 2611
2300 Wells Fargo Capitol Center 
Raleigh, NC 27602-2611
kwarner@smithlaw.com

Hon. Frank D. Whitney
COL, USAR, Ret.
US District Court (W.D.N.C.)
Charles R. Jonas Fed. Bldg.
401 W. Trade St., Room 195
Charlotte, NC 28202
frank_whitney@ncwd.uscourts.gov

Matthew Wilcut, Attorney
Deuterman Law Group
317 South Greene Street
Greensboro, NC  27401
(336) 373.1130 ext. 334
(336) 373.1466 (Fax)

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Ex Officio

CPT Chelsea Finnegan
Chief of Legal Assistance
helsea.b.finnegan.mil@army.mil 
Staff Judge Advocate
18th Abn Corps and Fort Liberty
Fort Liberty, NC 28310

COL Rogers
Staff Judge Advocate
(910) 432-8061
Staff Judge Advocate
US Special Opns Command
Fort Liberty, NC 28307-5000

COL Krynicki
Staff Judge Advocate
david.j.krynicki.mil@army.mil
(910) 908-0047
82d Airborne Division
Fort Liberty, NC 28310

COL Thurnher
Staff Judge Advocate
(910) 570-8139
jeffrey.s.thurnher.mil@army.mil
U.S. Army Reserve Command
Fort Liberty, NC 28310

Capt Oliver Batkoff
Chief of Civil Law
oliver.batkoff.1@us.af.mil
Staff Judge Advocate
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
4th Fighter Wing
1600 Wright Brothers Ave., Suite 265
Seymour Johnson AFB, NC 27531-2427

Colonel Robert Gibson
Robert.a.gibson.mil@usmc.mil
(910) 451-7084
Staff Judge Advocate
Marine Corps Installations East
PSC Box 20087
Camp Lejeune, NC 28542-0087

LtCol Matthew Richardson
Matthew.richardson@usmc.mil
(910) 451-8046
Legal Assistance Director
Regional Legal Services- East
Law Center, Camp Lejeune
PSC Box 20087
Camp Lejeune, Nc 24542-0087

Walter H. Rodriguez
Walter.h.rodriguez.civ@usmc.mil
Legal Assistance Director, Camp Lejeune
Law Center, Camp Lejeune
PSC Box 20087
Camp Lejeune, Nc 24542-0087

Staff Judge Advocate
(252) 466-6651/2830
Legal Assistance: (252) 466-6841/2361/2311
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point
Building 219
PSC Box 8007
Cherry Point, NC 28533

LtCol Michelle L. Over
Michelle.over@usmc.mil
(910) 449-7156
Staff Judge Advocate
Marine Corps Air Station New River
Building AS-216
P.O. Box 21001
Jacksonville, NC 28545-1001

Legal Assistance Officer
(757) 398-6255
5th U.S. Coast Guard District
431 Crawford Street
Portsmouth, VA 23704

Chief Counsel, NC National Guard
(984) 664-6490
Staff Judge Advocate
North Carolina National Guard
1636 Goldstar Dr.
Raleigh, NC 27607