North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Consumer bankruptcy attorney O. Max Gardner is marshaling an army. With the rate of home foreclosures escalating nationwide, the Shelby lawyer is recruiting attorneys to join the fight for clients who are in danger of losing their homes. He’s bringing ...

T. Heyward Carter Jr. spent nearly seven days a week in his law office at the end of 2007. The Charleston, S.C., tax attorney used those extra hours to finalize conservation easements between landowners and the Lowcountry Open Land Trust, ...

The state Court of Appeals commemorated its 40th anniversary with formal ceremonies on Jan. 31 in its Raleigh courtroom. Past and present judges and justices, along with guest speakers Gov. Michael Easley and N.C. State Bar president Irvin W. Hankins ...

Scientists and medical experts agree — the mind is a mystery. The challenge for lawyers handling traumatic brain injury cases — from either the plaintiff or defense side — is how to make sense of that mystery. To help them, ...

Before a lawyer meets a client, he or she has been well-schooled in putting ethical principles into practice. Making sure that nursing homes do the same is what attorneys at HensonFuerst in Raleigh strive to accomplish every day. The firm, ...

Does Polly want a cracker? Or a quarter? Or how about a trust that can protect her long after her beloved owner has died or become disabled? The answer to that question how to establish a good pet trust is ...

The Facilities Planning Committee of the N.C. State Bar will meet with the executive committee and State Bar Council during the week of Jan. 21 to present a list of seven properties that may serve as the future site for ...