Our lawyers have a strong tradition of public service and participation in civic activities, including service on the boards of a wide range of charitable, professional, and community organizations. Individual lawyers, by their personal choice and with the firm's encouragement, participate in numerous public, bar association, educational, cultural, and governmental advisory endeavors. Members of the firm are currently serving as or have served as officers, directors, or trustees of organizations such as:
- Alexander Youth Network
- Arts & Science Council of Charlotte-Mecklenburg
- Charlotte Chamber of Commerce
- Charlotte Collegiate Football
- Charlotte Museum of History
- Children & Family Services Center
- Council for Children's Rights
- Discovery Place
- The Duke Endowment
- The Echo Foundation
- The Foundation Fighting Blindness
- Foundation for the Carolinas
- International House
- Legal Services of Southern Piedmont
- Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- The Levine Museum of the New South
- North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
- North Carolina Outward Bound School
- Queens University of Charlotte
- Ronald McDonald House of Charlotte, Inc.
- United Way of Central Carolinas, Inc.
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- Women's Impact Fund
- YMCA of Greater Charlotte
- YWCA Central Carolinas
Of special note four of our partners, Russell M. Robinson, II, Robert C. Sink, A. Ward McKeithen and Mark W. Merritt have served as president of the Mecklenburg County Bar Association. Robert E. Harrington is currently serving as president of the Mecklenburg County Bar Association for the organization’s 2012-13 term. Robert C. Sink has also served as president of the North Carolina State Bar and John R. Wester has served as president of the North Carolina Bar Association. In addition, A. Ward McKeithen served as a member of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Board of Education from 1976-1988, and Richard A. Vinroot, another partner in the firm, served as a member of the Charlotte City Council from 1983-1991 and mayor of the City of Charlotte from 1991-1995.