COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Horack Talley is committed to making the community a better place; this is why the firm as a whole and as individuals are committed to a number of causes including the following:

 

North Carolina State Bar Association and Mecklenburg County Bar involvement

 

Vestryman at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church

 

Council member at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church

 

Deacon at Myers Park Presbyterian Church

 

United States military service

 

Women’s Impact Fund

 

Mecklenburg County Parks and Recreation Advisory Council

 

Adjunct Professor at Central Piedmont Community College

 

Service on the Boards of various non-profit corporations in the Charlotte area

 

Harvard Alumni Association

 

Volunteer attorney for The Children’s Law Center

 

Habitat for Humanity

 

The Junior League of Charlotte

 

United Way Young Leaders

 

Community Health Services

 

Service on the Board of Directors at the Seigle Avenue Preschool Cooperative

 

Board of Directors for the Humane Society of Charlotte

 

Humane Society of Charlotte’s Pet PALS (Professionals’ Animal Lovers Society)

 

Coalition to Unchain Dogs

 

The VEGA Project

 

Volunteer at the Hickory Community Theatre

 

Exhibits Committee for the Catawba Science Center

 

Huntersville Greenway Advisory Committee

 

Board of the Mecklenburg County Asthma Coalition

 

Admissions interviewer with the Middlebury College Alumni Association

 

President of the Charlotte Chapter of the Vanderbilt Alumni Association

 

Chairman of Thompson’s Children’s Home

 

State Council Chairman of the North Carolina Lions

 

Board member of the Charlotte Philharmonic Orchestra

 

Member of the YMCA Board of Advisors

 

President and Board of Directors of Myers Park Country Club

 

Committee chairman Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Committee

 

Mecklenburg County Solid Waste Management Committee

 

Pro bono work for Mecklenburg County Legal Aid and Legal Services for the Elderly

 

Crisis Assistance

 

N.C. Latino Coalition Citizenship

 

Open Arms Ministries Outreach

 

Mecklenburg County Real Property Council

 

President and Vice-President of the Charlotte Basketball Committee

 

Past-president of the Charlotte Sportsman’s Club

 

Charlotte Rescue Mission

 

Goodwill Industries

 

Board of the Urban Land Institute

 

Board of the Home Builders Association of Charlotte

 

U.S. Green Building Council, Charlotte Chapter

 

CREW Charlotte

 

YWCA Central Carolinas

 

A Child’s Place of Charlotte

 

Volunteer attorney in the Custody Advocate Program at the Council for Children’s Rights in Charlotte

 

Assistant Scoutmaster with Boy Scout Troup 17

 

Guardian ad Litem for the Council of Children’s Rights, for abused and neglected children and in various custody cases in Mecklenburg County