Ralph Karpinos

Mr. Karpinos grew up in the Washington DC area. He received his undergraduate degree from Duke University where he served as editor of the student newspaper during his senior year. He received his law degree from the University of South Carolina, where he was an articles editor of the Law Review. Returning to North Carolina in 1978, he was the Assistant City Attorney in Winston-Salem until 1985, when he was appointed as the Town Attorney in Chapel Hill, a position he held until September, 2020. He is the past president of the N.C. Association of Municipal Attorneys and past chair of the Government and Public Sector Section of the N.C. Bar Association. Following his retirement from local government service in North Carolina he received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine from Governor Roy Cooper.