The North Carolina Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division is hosting Part 2 of the four-part Lunch and Learn Series focused on various practice areas. Every third Wednesday at noon, you will hear from one of our liaisons and YLD council about what it’s like to work in their practice areas. The second series will be held on March 17, 2021, at noon and will cover going in-house.

Learn what it takes to be an in-house lawyer, what a typical day is like, and what some of the pros and cons are, and ask questions and network with fellow YLD members! Whether you are a young lawyer, transitioning lawyer, or law student, find out what it’s like to work in various practice areas and the best way to position yourself to get there.

Our first speaker is Catherine Lane. Catherine is the General Counsel for Noregon Systems, Inc. in Greensboro. In her role as General Counsel, she deals with all legal issues that impact the company including those involving human resources, negotiating contracts and establishing business relationships. Our second speaker, Patricia Kelly, is Associate General Counsel at Novant Health, Inc. Patricia has been working at Novant Health for over three years, where her practice areas include labor and employment, athletics-related contracts, and general corporate transactional matters.

See both speakers’ full bios below!

Here’s an inside look on how the Lunch and Learn Series will work:

YLD Lunch and Learn will be held virtually each month (February through May), on every third Wednesday, for 30 minutes during lunch time (noon to 12:30 p.m.).
YLD liaisons and YLD executive council members will team up to talk about the YLD liaisons’ practice areas. (Ex. International law, Sports and Entertainment, Employment.)
YLD liaisons will talk casually for the first ten minutes about their practice areas and what they do on a day-to-day basis.
After the ten minutes are up, we will open the conversation to questions and networking.
The YLD executive council member will ask a few prepared questions to begin the discussion, but anyone can start the party!

Why you should join:

You will have the opportunity to network with fellow YLD members in your practice area or learn more about a new area and meet new colleagues!

Learn more about our first series here and view the recording here.

For questions about this series, please contact Sheila Spence, esq. at [email protected].

Speaker Bios

Catherine Lane is General Counsel for Noregon Systems, Inc. in Greensboro. In her role as General Counsel, she deals with all legal issues that impact the company, including those involving human resources, negotiating contracts and establishing business relationships. Before holding her current role, Catherine was a litigator for eight years, practicing in Greensboro and Winston-Salem.

Patricia Kelly is associate general counsel at Novant Health, Inc. Kelly has been working at Novant Health for over three years, where her practice areas include labor and employment, athletics-related contracts, and general corporate transactional matters. Patricia is a member of the Health Law Council and YLD section for the NCBA. Prior to joining Novant Health, Patricia worked at a law firm in Indianapolis, where her practices areas included products liability, medical malpractice, and other general civil litigation.

Moderated by Collins Saint

Collins Saint advises and defends public school boards, employers, and businesses so that they can focus on what they do best: educating children and running their companies. Collins has a particular focus on broadening awareness of diversity issues within organizations and counseling companies and educational institutions on compliance with state and federal civil rights laws and regulations. Collins’s pro bono practice focuses on representing trans* individuals in discrimination litigation and aiding trans* individuals in obtaining legal name- and gender marker-changes.

Collins is an attorney in the Greensboro, N.C. office of Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP. Collins moved to Greensboro after graduating from Wake Forest University School of Law as a member of the Order of the Coif, having earned the North Carolina State Bar Student Pro Bono Service Award and being recognized in National Jurist as one of 25 Law Students of the Year. Prior to law school, Collins earned a master’s degree in school counseling and an undergraduate degree in psychology, both from the University of Alabama. Now, Collins serves as a delegate to the ABA House of Delegates, an ABA Scholar, the Bar Outreach Division Director for the North Carolina Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, the YLD Liaison and Council member of the NCBA Education Law Section, a member of the NCBA Pro Bono Committee, and a Trustee of Triad Stage. When not practicing law, Collins enjoys playing board games, kayaking, hiking, and camping with her wife and their three dogs.

March 1, 2021/by NCBA YLD