Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP announced today that the firm’s Partner and Litigation Section Chairman, Benjamin N. Thompson, has been selected as Chair of Campbell Law School’s newly formed Board of Visitors.
The Board of Visitors, which is comprised of some of the most recognizable and respected names in business and law, will assist in the development and evaluation of strategic plans and new initiatives for the law school, and will be instrumental in providing an outside perspective to guide and implement best practices to enhance the law school’s national visibility.
The board will also help foster relationships throughout the legal and business communities, nonprofit organizations, higher education, and government agencies with an interest in partnering with the law school.
“It is with great pride to be named to the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law Board of Visitors and serve as Chairman,” said Thompson. I look forward to the privilege of serving with such esteemed individuals who are state and national leaders in the business and legal profession and working together to further the long-term success of the law school.”
Founded in 1976, the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University has been recognized by the American Bar Association as having the nation’s top professionalism program, and by the American Academy of Trial Lawyers for having the nation’s best trial advocacy program. For information visit www.law.campbell.edu.