North Carolina Bar Assn. Taps Young Mayden to Find Director

November 24, 2015 – Legal search firm Young Mayden, LLC, has been selected by the North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA) to lead its search for an executive director. Ken Young, a principal at Young Mayden, is leading the search. Current executive director Allan Head will be retiring in 2016 after being with the organization since 1981.

“We expect to have many top candidates interested in the position, as the NCBA is one of the largest and best bar associations in the country,” said Mr. Young.

The North Carolina Bar Association is a voluntary statewide organization composed of more than 19,500 lawyers, paralegals and law students. The NCBA was founded 1899 and is based a Cary, NC.

Young Mayden is a boutique legal search firm providing services in legal search, consulting, and career counseling. The firm has offices in Charlotte and Nashville, TN.

Young Mayden has previously conducted searches for the American Bar Association’s executive director and director of law school accreditation in Chicago, the executive director and assistant executive director of the New York State Bar Association in Albany, and the executive director of the Uniform Law Commission in Chicago.

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