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President-Elect

Mike Wells PRESIDENT-ELECT North Carolina Bar Association mikew@wellsjenkins.com

R. Michael Wells Sr. of Winston-Salem is the new president-elect of the North Carolina Bar Association. He was elected Saturday morning, June 25, at the NCBA Annual Meeting in Asheville.

Wells, senior partner of Wells Jenkins Lucas & Jenkins where he has practiced since 1993, will serve as the 118th president of the NCBA in 2012-13. His installation will take place in Wilmington on Saturday, June 23, at the 2012 NCBA Annual Meeting.

Areas of Practice

• Estate Planning
• Estate Administration
• Medicaid Planning and Elder Law
• Real Estate
• Civil Litigation
• Personal Injury
• Workers' Compensation
• Bankruptcy

Education

• University of Virginia (B.A., 1971)
• Wake Forest University (J.D., 1974)
• Member of Law Review (1972 – 1974)

Profile

• Elected to the Academic Affairs Committee of the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, 2011.
• Elected to the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Research Park board, 2010.
• Elected as Fellow of the American Bar Foundation in August 2010. (Recognition of outstanding achievements, dedication to the welfare of community and highest principles of the legal profession.)
• Listed in North Carolina "Super Lawyers" for 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2010 (selection criteria available at www.superlawyers.com
• Chosen by Triad Business Magazine as one of the most influential people in the Triad in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010.
• Hosts weekly public service call-in radio show "You and the Law" on WSJS 600-1200 AM.
• Author of monthly column on legal issues for the Winston-Salem Journal.
• Regular contributor to WFDD radio, the local National Public Radio affiliate, of a series entitled "What I Learned about Life on the Way to the Courthouse".
• Licensed to practice law in North Carolina and West Virginia.
• Licensed to practice law before the United States Supreme Court.
• Served as law clerk to the North Carolina Supreme Court.
• Served as adjunct professor of law at Wake Forest University, and lectures regularly at the Law School.
• Author of over twenty-five manuscripts for continuing legal education programs for North Carolina lawyers on a variety of legal topics.
• Awarded the United Way of North Carolina 2006 Chairman Award (recognition of outstanding leadership, service and commitment to the United Way); Chairman of the Forsyth County Community Campaign, 2006.
• Selected as Citizen Lawyer by the North Carolina Bar Association 2007 (recognition based upon recipient's service to community and profession of law).
• Recipient of the Duke Energy Citizenship & Community Service Award, 2007
• Recipient of the Paul Fulton Tocqueville Leadership Society Award, 2011

Professional Activities

• President-Elect, North Carolina Bar Association, 2011-12
• Board of Governors, North Carolina Bar Association, 2007 – 2011; Executive Committee 2009-2010
• United Way of Forsyth County, Board of Directors, 2003 – present; Chairman 2010 – 2011
• Department of Social Services, Board Member, 2008 – present
• Winston-Salem Alliance, Board of Directors, 2008 – 2011
• Winston-Salem Business, Inc., Board of Advisors, 2007 – present
• North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Board of Trustees, 2005 – 2008, 2010 - present
• Forsyth Technical Community College, Board of Trustees, 1994 – 2006
• North Carolina State Bar Ethics Committee, 1994 – 2000
• An inaugural member of North Carolina Bar Association Task Force on Alternatives to Litigation, 1985 - 1987, that led to mandatory mediation in civil litigation matters in North Carolina
• North Carolina Bar Association Communications Committee Chairman, 2004 - 2006
• Past Chairman of Wake Forest University Planned Giving Council
• Member of Estate Planning Council of Winston-Salem
• Member of Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association
• National Association of Elder Law Attorneys
• President, Reynolda Rotary, 1989 – 1990
• Graduate of Leadership North Carolina (Inaugural Class) and Leadership Winston-Salem

Personal

• Active member of Rotary
• Active member of his church; adult Sunday School teacher for over 15 years
• Married for 40 years, proud father of three children, and grandfather of two grandchildren
• Favorite service activities are tutoring high school students who are "at risk" of dropping out of school, and volunteering legal advice to at-risk citizens on common legal issues.