McGuire,
Wood & Bissette, P.A. is
pleased to announce that attorney Thomas Grella has been selected as
an honoree for the “2014 Leaders in the
Law”. This award honors legal professionals who go above and beyond in
their profession and their community. The
honorees of this award represent the most influential individuals within North
Carolina’s legal community.
Grella lives by the words of leadership guru John
Maxwell” Everything rises and falls on leadership”. Grella’s aim is to be “a leader of leaders”,
a goal he strives to achieve through mentoring and coaching others, through his
involvement in educational events and through his writings.
Grella is an expert in law practice management. He earned his law degree at Wake Forest
University School of Law. An attorney with McGuire, Wood & Bissette since 1988,
and a partner since 1993, Grella is the immediate past Chair of the Management
Committee of McGuire, Wood & Bissette, P.A., having served in that capacity
for 12 years. He presently serves as a member of the firm’s Management
Committee. He is a past Chair of the ABA Law Practice Management Section (now
known as the Law Practice Division), and presently sits on its Executive
Committee.
Grella was the 2012
recipient of the Sam Smith Award, presented annually by the ABA Law Practice
Division to an individual who has demonstrated excellence in law practice
management. He is also a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management, a
Fellow of the National Institute for the Teaching of Ethics and Professionalism,
and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He is a frequent speaker on law
practice management topics such as strategic planning, law firm leadership and
management, and the future of the profession.
Grella is a Member of the Board of Young Life of Asheville–Buncombe
County and is a Graduate of Leadership Asheville.
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