Trio of alums honored with Campbell University Distinguished Alumni Award

RALEIGH, N.C. – Three Campbell Law alums made up the foursome that were honored with the Campbell University Distinguished Alumni Award this past Friday, Oct. 21, during a banquet as a part of homecoming activities in Buies Creek, N.C. David P. Nanney, Jr. (L ’85), Judge Donna S. Stroud (L ’88), and Todd A. Jones (L ’98) each received the accolade.

Nanney is an attorney and CPA at Kirschbaum, Nanney, Keenan, & Griffin, P.A., who specializes in tax and estate planning. He’s also chair of the Charles & Irene Nanney Foundation Board of Trustees. A cum laude graduate, he is a member of the North Carolina and South Carolina state bars. He is licensed to practice before the North Carolina and South Carolina districts of the U.S. District Courts, as well as before the U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit, U.S. Tax and U.S. Supreme Court.

Judge Stroud was first elected to the N.C. Court of Appeals in 2006. She has taught as an adjunct faculty member at Campbell Law and remains heavily involved in the law school community. She previously served as a judge with the Wake County District Court. Other activities throughout her career include serving as judicial division chair of the N.C. Association of Women Attorneys and serving on the Dispute Resolution Commission, N.C. Courts Commission, Governor’s Task Force on Mental Health and Substance Use and N.C. Bar Association’s Appellate Rules and Women in the Profession committees. A Double camel, Stroud earned a bachelor’s degree in government, summa cum laude, from Campbell in 1985 prior to law school. She was named Campbell’s Distinguished Political Science Alumna in 2015 and received the General Federation of Women’s Club of North Carolina’s Women of Achievement Award in 2014.

Jones is an attorney and managing partner at Anderson Jones, PLLC with experience in construction law and litigation, collections, OSHA defense, contracts, local government and municipal law, administrative law and litigation, real estate, employment law, immigration law and traffic violations. He currently serves as chair of the Campbell Law Alumni Association, and is active with the North Carolina Bar Association’s Construction Law section in which he is board chair of the Downtown Housing Improvement Corp. He also serves on the Construction Financial Managers Association’s National Government Affairs Committee and the Associated Builders and Contractors’ Fayetteville council.

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