Ashley O. Thrift

Government, Mediation
One West Fourth Street
Winston Salem, North Carolina 27101


Government

Admitted

1973, North Carolina; 1974, U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1975, South Carolina; 1977, U.S. Tax Court; 1978; District of Columbia Court of Appeals; 1979, District of Columbia; U.S. Suprem

Law School

University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., 1972

Law School Graduation Year

1972

College

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, A.B., 1968

Memberships

Forsyth County and North Carolina Bar Association; The District of Columbia Bar; North Carolina State Bar; South Carolina Bar; Society of International Business Fellows.

Biographical

Recipient, Holderness-Weaver Award (UNC-G) for distinguished service to North Carolina. Listed in: Who's Who in America; Who's Who in the World. Assistant Dean, University of South Carolina School of Law, 1972-1974. Associate University Counsel, University of South Carolina, 1974-1975. Legislative Counsel, S.C. Representative James R. Mann, 1976. Assistant Counsel, Committee on Judiciary U.S. House of Representatives, 1976-1977. Legislative Director and General Counsel, 1977-1984 and Administrative Assistant, Legislative Director and Counsel, 1984-1987 and Chief of Staff and Counsel, 1987-1992 to South Carolina Senator Ernest F. Hollings. Member, Board of Trustees, U.N.C. Center for Public TV. Member: Winston-Salem State University Board of Visitors. Chair, Government Affairs Committee, Lex Mundi, 1999—. Chairman and Recipient of Order of the Long Leaf Pine, North Carolina Partnership for Children.

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