Checking In: July 25, 2023

Compiled by Jessica Junqueira

Capital Ready Mix Concrete Adds New Executive Vice President of HR and General Counsel

Zeke, a white man with brown hair, wears a bright blue polo shirt.Zeke Bridges joined Capital Ready Mix Concrete as Executive Vice President of HR and General Counsel. As an Executive Vice President, he develops and implements human resource strategies that align with the overall business objectives that support the company’s success. He is also the chief legal officer at Capital as general counsel. He provides strategic legal advice to the CEO and her leadership team, manages legal risks, ensures compliance, and protects the company’s interests across a broad spectrum of legal matters. Bridges served as Vice Dean at Campbell Law School (2020-2023) and Assistant Dean of Administration (2014-2020). He was an adjunct professor at Campbell (2015-2023). Bridges graduated from Campbell Law School and from the University of Georgia, where he double majored in political science and criminal justice.

Nelson Mullins Announces New Partner

Andrew, a white man with brown hair and a beard, wears a white shirt, blue tie and black jacket. Drew Heath has joined the firm as a partner. He practices with the government relationships team in Raleigh. Heath served with the North Carolina Supreme Court as the chief justice’s director of the Administrative Office of the Courts. He also worked as the state budget director on the North Carolina governor’s senior leadership team and as the secretary for the Council of State and chairman of the North Carolina Industrial Commission. He served as a Superior Court judge in Raleigh from 2017 to April 2023. He graduated from Indiana University’s Robert H. McKinney School of Law. He received an L.L.M. from Nottingham Law School and a B.S. from the University of North Carolina Asheville.

North Carolina Department of Justice Elevates McGhee to Director of the Consumer Protection Division

Jasmine, a Black woman with black hair, wears a grey suit. In April, Jasmine McGhee was promoted to Senior Deputy Attorney General and Director of the Consumer Protection Division at the North Carolina Department of Justice. The division is responsible for consumer protection, antitrust, and economic justice enforcement and litigation, complaint mediation, and related policy issues. Prior to this role, she was Special Deputy Attorney General/Director of the Public Protection Section, where she directed public safety and civil rights policy at NCDOJ and served as lead counsel for the Governor’s Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice, which in 2020, published 125 recommendations to improve fairness in the state’s criminal justice system. McGhee holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School. While in law school, she was a member of the Columbia Law Review and a Paul Robeson Scholar. She received her undergraduate degree in history from UNC, where she graduated with honors and distinction.

Poyner Spruill LLP Names New Partner

Chris, a white man with dark hair, wears a white shirt, orange tie, and light blue jacket.Chris Dwight, a business attorney, is now a partner with the firm. He focuses on mergers and acquisitions for companies. He represents buyers and sellers in mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, provides outside general counsel services and advises clients in corporate and securities matters. He is a charter member of the North Carolina Pro Bono Resource Center Advisory Report. He graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law. He holds a master’s degree in school leadership from Harvard Graduate School of Education and an undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Brown University.

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