Garris Neil Yarborough
Garris Neil Yarborough is a graduate of the University of North Carolina (B.A., 1973; J.D., 1977) and Duke University (M.P.P.S., 1977). In addition to his private practice in Cumberland County, he is currently the County Attorney of Hoke County and the Town Attorney of St. Pauls in Robeson County. He is a Certified Superior Court Mediator. He has also served two terms as the County Attorney of Cumberland County (1982-1988 and 1994-1999). He is a former member of the Board of Trustees of Cape Fear Valley Medical Center and the Board of Directors of the Fayetteville YMCA. He is a former President of the Cumberland County Chapter of the American Red Cross, the Cape Fear Toastmasters Club and the Cumberland County Shrine Club. He has also served as President the Cumberland County Bar Association and the 12th Judicial Bar District. He is past President of the North Carolina County Attorney's Association and a former member of the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Municipal Attorney's Association. His Professional Memberships also include the American Bar Association, the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers and the North Carolina Bar Association (Construction Law Section, Administrative Law Section and Real Estate Law Section). He is a Member of the Professional Construction Estimators Association of America. He has previously been a member of the Panel of Arbitrators for the American Arbitration Association.


Ad Winters
Ad Winters is a graduate of Georgetown University (B.A., 1980) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D., 1983). He was Co-Author of "Construction and Design Law" from 1985-1994 and the Managing Editor for "Construction and Design Law Digest" from 1988-1994. He is a member of the North Carolina Bar Association (Construction Law Section, Litigation Section and Dispute Resolution Section), the Cumberland County Bar Association and a Certified Superior Court Mediator. He is also a Council Member of the Construction Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association and a Member of the Professional Construction Estimators Association of America.

John H. Jackson
John H. Jackson is a graduate of Henderson State University (B.S.E., 1962), University of Arkansas (J.D. 1971) and Southwestern School of Banking (SMU-Dallas). He was the City Attorney for Gurdon, Arkansas from 1971-1989 and a Juvenile Judge in Clark County, Arkansas from 1982-1988. He is currently the Town Attorney for the Town of Stedman and the Town of Wade, Town Attorney for Spring Lake and Counsel for Mid-Carolina Council of Governments. He is a retired military Colonel for the Army (Special Forces). He is a member of the North Carolina Bar Association and the Cumberland County Bar Association and a Certified Superior Court Mediator.


Barry K. Simmons
Barry K. Simmons is a graduate of East Carolina University (B.S., Accounting and Business Administration, 1976), Georgia College (M.B.A., 1982), Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University (J.D., 1983) and University of Virginia (LL.M., 1987). He was a Staff Attorney for NC Employment Security Commission from 2000-2001. He is a member of the North Carolina Bar Association (Business Law and Intellectual Property Sections) and the NC Bar Committee on Legal Assistance to Military Personnel (LAMP).


Jana L. Berg
Jana L. Berg is a graduate of Campbell University (B.A., 1998) and Campbell University School of Law (J.D., 2001). She is a member of the North Carolina Bar Association, Cumberland County Bar Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the Society of Barristers.