2016 Conservative Leadership Conference

Judge Dietz grew up in a small town family of railroad and telephone workers. He was the first in his family to attend college. | | Judge Dietz graduated first in his class from Wake Forest University School of Law, which he attended on a full academic scholarship. After law school, Judge Dietz served as a law clerk for two prominent federal judges and then taught himself Japanese and spent a year as a research fellow at Kyushu University in... Read More →

Jeff Tarte is a State Senator representing Cornelius, Davidson, Huntersville, Matthews, Mint Hill and parts of Charlotte.He is the former three term Mayor of Cornelius. As a side note, it was Jeff’s idea to seek a new design of the interstate exchange in January 2008 and under his leadership that brought to life the redesign and we now see the beginning of the construction of Exit 28, the Diverging Diamond Interchange.Senator Tarte’s Senate... Read More →

As a handgun competitor for nearly thirty years, Paul Valone is an NRA firearms instructor who has been certified by the state of North Carolina to conduct concealed handgun training,  and has received advanced defensive training at Thunder Ranch, Smith & Wesson Academy, Front Sight Firearms Training Institute and elsewhere. Valone writes occasionally for examiner.com as Charlotte Gun Rights Examiner. His publishing credits include... Read More →

Professor Wallace teaches constitutional law with a concentration in free speech, church and state, and constitutional interpretation. | | He received the LL.M. and S.J.D. degrees from the University of Virginia School of Law. His doctoral dissertation was entitled “Higher Call: Foundations of Religious Freedom in American Constitutionalism.” He received his J.D. degree with high honors from the University of Arkansas-Little Rock School of... Read More →