Brooks Pierce Attorney Beth Langley Sworn In as NCBA President

Beth Langley of Brooks Pierce in Greensboro has been installed as the 132nd president of the North Carolina Bar Association. The swearing-in ceremony took place on Friday, June 26, at the NCBA Annual Meeting in Charlotte.

Langley will also serve as the 2026-27 president of the North Carolina Bar Foundation.

The oath of office was administered by Justice Samuel James Ervin IV as Beth’s husband, Allen Meeks, held the Bible and their sons, Steven and Wes looked on.

“I love being a lawyer – there is not a better career to have. We can absolutely be proud that we are in a noble profession. We are lucky that we get to have a profound, positive effect on individuals’ lives – not everybody can do that, but we do – and it doesn’t matter what your area of practice is or where you work, you make a difference,” said Langley. “That’s the inherent value of the North Carolina Bar Association and our Foundation, because together, collectively, our contributions to our clients, our communities, are multiplied exponentially.”

Certified as a North Carolina Superior Court Mediator by the N.C. Dispute Resolution Commission, Langley joined Brooks Pierce in 2018 and focuses her legal and mediation practice on complex employment and business litigation. She previously practiced with Adams Kleemeier Hagan Hannah & Fouts, PLLC, Nexsen Pruet (now Maynard Nexsen), and Hagan Barrett & Langley PLLC.

Langley is a 1986 graduate of Wake Forest University, cum laude, and a 1992 graduate of Wake Forest University School of Law, where she served as editor-in-chief of the Wake Forest Law Review and received the E. McGruder Faris Award as the law student “who exhibited the highest standards of character, leadership, and scholarship.”

Langley served on the NCBA Board of Governors and NCBF Board of Directors in 2018-21. She is a past chair of the NCBA Labor & Employment Law Section, NCBA Nominations Committee and NCBF Development Committee, and has served on the Dispute Resolution Section council and numerous other committees.

She is a member of the Federal Bar Association, American Bar Association and Guilford County Bar Association; a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America and the American Bar Foundation; a former member of the Magistrate Judge Selection Panel for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina; and serves on the Wake Forest University School of Law Board of Visitors (2007-12, 2024-present).

Within her community and church, Langley has served on the United Way of Greater Greensboro Human Resources Committee, Degrees Matter!, the Bethany Community Middle School Board of Directors and as a member of the Staff Parish Relations Committee and Board of Trustees of Christ United Methodist Church.

Langley and her husband, Allen Meeks, have two sons, Steven and Wes.

Written by Erin Robbins
NCBA Director of Marketing and Communications