Mayor Allen Joines, City Of Winston-Salem | Mayor Allen Joines Official Facebook
Mayor Allen Joines, City Of Winston-Salem | Mayor Allen Joines Official Facebook
City Attorney Angela Carmon will retire from the city of Winston-Salem on Dec. 31, 2024.
Carmon joined the city in 1988 as an assistant city attorney. She was appointed city attorney in 2008 and was the first African American and woman to hold the position. Under Carmon’s leadership, the city has handled more than 100 real estate transactions, economic and downtown development agreements, and other complex transactions.
Over the years, the city’s legal team has worked diligently with members of the Forsyth County legislative delegation to secure legislation desired by the city. Carmon said she is proud of the relationships established over the years with members of the North Carolina General Assembly.
Mayor Allen Joines said that he valued Carmon’s diligence. “Angela worked tirelessly for the staff and elected officials of Winston-Salem, including evenings and weekends,” he said. “I felt that she would try to find a way to do something we needed that was supported by state law. She will be missed.”
She is a native of Winston-Salem and has a bachelor’s degree from Howard University and a doctor of law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Before coming to the city, she worked with the National Labor Relations Board.
Carmon is a long-standing member of the North Carolina Association of Municipal Attorneys. She has served as president of the association and will receive its Ernest H. Ball and Frayda S. Bluestein Award for Excellence in Municipal Law at its summer conference. Carmon will also be recognized as one of this year’s Black Business Ink’s Power 100 honorees on June 28.
“I am grateful for the privilege and honor the Winston-Salem City Council bestowed on me in 2008 by appointing me as the city’s chief legal counsel,” she said, “and I hope that I have made, in some small way, a positive contribution to the city. I will miss the tremendous city employee population that I have worked with over the years.”
Carmon said she looks forward to traveling and spending more time with her family.
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