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5 <br />~w oFl:lcas <br />COLEMAN, GLEDHILL, HARG1tAVE & PEEK <br />A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION <br />l29 & TRYON STREET <br />P. O. DRAWER 1529 <br />FpLLSHOROl1GF~ NORTH CAROLIPIA 27278 <br />9t9.732-2196 <br />FAX 919-73Z-7997 <br />www.cghp-faw.com <br />Barry Jacobs, Chair <br />Moses Cazey, Jr. <br />Valerie P. Foushee <br />Alice M. Gordon <br />May 30, 2008 <br />Mike Nelson <br />(?range County Board of Commissioners <br />Post Office Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />Dear Board Members: <br />FROM THE DESK OF <br />GEOFFitEY E. GLEDHILL <br />E-MAIL: g,~edl~iEl®cghpdaw.com <br />On May 18, 1975 I received my law degree from the North Carolina Central University <br />School of Law. On August 24, .1975, in Hillsborough, the County seat of Orange County, I was <br />admitted to practice law in the "several Courts of this State" by order of Judge Henry A. (Sandy) <br />McKinnon, Jr. I Later tried cases before Judge McKinnon. He was known statewide for his <br />fairness and skill. He retired after serving 34 years as a Superior Court judge. <br />I was presented to the "Bar" far admission to practice law by Alonzo Brown (Lonnie} <br />Coleman, Jr., a senior partner in the firm with which I began the practice of law. I practiced law <br />with Lonnie until 1995 wheel he retired from the practice of Law after 30 years to become a <br />District Court judge. <br />I began attending Orange County Board of Commissioner meetings with Lonnie almost <br />as sooxl as I was admitted to practice law. It was not long after my first Board of Commissioners <br />meeting, held as they were for many years, in a small meeting room on the top floor of the "new" <br />County Courthouse, when Lonnie "abandoned me" to attend these meetings alone. I have <br />attended Orange County Board of Commissioner meetings ever since. With the very able <br />assistance. of administrative staff, associate attorneys and partners of Coleman, Gledhill, <br />Hargrave & Peek and its predecessors, I have served as Orange County's attorney for over 30 <br />years. <br />After considerable thought, reflection and conversations with members of my family and <br />my business partners, I have decided that I want to "retire" from the full time practice of law by <br />the end of this year. And, assuming the Board wishes me to continue to serve as its attorney until <br />then, I would like that appointment to end effective December 1, 2008: <br />I have chosen the end of this year to retire from the full time practice of law for a number <br />of reasons. My •€amily is, geographically speaking, spreading out and in number growing. <br />