Staff

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & GENERAL COUNSEL

Jeanette Doran is a graduate of Auburn University and Campbell University’s School of Law, where she earned her law degree with honors and served as research editor of the Campbell Law Review and as research associate for Williston on Contracts (4th Edition) (a multi-volume legal treatise on the law of contracts). After graduating from law school and completing a federal clerkship, Jeanette worked in the Office of the Federal Public Defender in Raleigh and at the Institute of Government at UNC-Chapel Hill. She was a 2006 recipient of the E. A. Morris Fellowship for Emerging Leaders. Currently, Jeanette serves on the Appellate Rules Committee of the North Carolina Bar Association. She is admitted to practice before various federal district courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. She currently serves as Executive Director and General Counsel at NCICL where her responsibilities include work on all phases of trial and appellate litigation.

PARALEGAL & COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST 

Cynthia Crowdus holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in English, from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte and NC State University, respectively. Before working with NCICL, she taught Composition and English as a Second Language with a focus on academic writing at such schools as NC State and the Gangnam-University of California Riverside. After returning to Raleigh from several years abroad, she joined NCICL and has been on staff here since early 2008.

OFFICE MANAGER

Dana Buck is the office manager for NCICL.  She has a bachelor’s degree from Appalachian State University.  Previously, she was the office manager for an area veterinary hospital.  Prior to joining NCICL, she was an account executive for multiple non-profit trade associations representing various industries around the country.  She was an executive assistant to a Vice President for The Kellen Company, one of the largest association management companies in the world with offices across the US, Europe and Asia.  Prior to her association management career, Dana was an interior designer in the commercial photography industry.  She lives in Apex with her husband and son.