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Convention Speakers

Tim Quinlan is an economist for Wells Fargo. Based in Charlotte, NC, he provides analysis and commentary on U.S. business spending as well as macroeconomic developments in foreign economies.

Prior to joining the economics group in 2007, Quinlan held positions within Wachovia as a financial advisor and within Evergreen Investments as a trust account portfolio manager and investment strategist. Prior to joining Wachovia in 2002, he spent several years working for Putnam Investments in Boston, Mass.

His commentary is often cited in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today, and Financial Times. He is also a frequent guest on Marketplace on National Public Radio.

Quinlan earned his bachelor’s degree in American studies with a concentration in the classics from Siena College in upstate New York. 
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David Ferrell

David P. Ferrell is a partner with Vandeventer Black LLP’s Raleigh NC office, where he concentrates his law practice in civil matters, including legislative representation, eminent domain, real estate, civil litigation, professional liability defense, cooperative and public utilities, administrative and regulatory, business, and construction litigation. Ferrell is NCLTA’s lobbyist and serves as legal and legislative counsel to professional trade associations, including representing their interests before the General Assembly and various Executive Branch agencies. He has lectured on right-of-way acquisition and condemnation law at seminars and is the Editor of Vandeventer Black’s Eminent Domain and Property Rights Newsletter. Ferrell earned B.A. degrees in Political Science and Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a J.D. from Campbell University School of Law.  He is admitted to practice in North Carolina and the U. S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina. He is a member of the Wake County (Member: Professionalism Committee), North Carolina (Member, Real Property; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; and Administrative Law Sections) and American Bar Associations.

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Nancy Ferguson

Nancy is a Vice President and Senior State Underwriting Counsel in the Greensboro office, with a focus on Claims Management. She received her undergraduate degree in 1980 and her JD degree in 1983 from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina and her Masters in Business Administration in 1996 from Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She is a North Carolina State Bar Certified Specialist in Real Property Law: Business, Commercial, Industrial and Residential. Her experience includes private practice in various capacities prior to joining the title insurance industry in 1990. She has served as officer and on multiple committees of the Real Property Section of the North Carolina Bar Association, as President of the North Carolina Land Title Association, President of the Greensboro Bar Association, Chair of the Greensboro Bar Association Real Property Section, as 18th Judicial District Councillor to the North Carolina State Bar, a member of the Real Property Law committee of the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization and is a member of the American College of Real Estate Attorneys (ACREL). Nancy is a co-author of North Carolina Real Estate, With Forms 2d Edition (Thomson-Reuters, West Publishing).

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