North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Charlotte firm adds partner  Charles R. “Trey” Rayburn III has joined McGuireWoods’ Restructuring & Insolvency Department as a partner in Charlotte, North Carolina, bringing 17 years of experience advising leading financial institutions in workout transactions and large corporate bankruptcies, a ...

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North Carolina Lawyers Weekly would like to congratulate each of the bar applicants who passed the February 2021 North Carolina bar exam. The following names were provided by the North Carolina Board of Law Examiners to recognize those who passed ...

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North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby has extended emergency directives in response to the COVID-19 pandemic for another month, the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts said. “The dangers posed by COVID-19 remain serious, and Chief Justice ...

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Frank Hirsch has joined Kaufman & Canoles as a senior attorney to lead the firm’s new Raleigh office, its first office in North Carolina. Hirsch was previously a partner with Alston & Bird in Raleigh. His practice focuses on business ...

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  When a longstanding conflict between neighbors resulted in a shooting, the murder victim’s statements as to her then-existing state of mind were relevant to show the status of her relationship to defendant. Therefore, the trial court could admit into ...

District court sessions in Beaufort County have been cancelled through Dec. 18 because of COVID-19, the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts has announced. The county courthouse and clerk of superior court’s office shut down on Dec. 9 “out ...

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  Where DSS never filed a petition seeking to have the trial court adjudicate respondent’s minor daughter, “Ella,” an abused, neglected or dependent juvenile, the trial court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction to conduct permanency planning and review hearings, and its orders ...

  At defendant’s trial for armed robbery and possession of a firearm by a felon, the trial court instructed the jury on the theory of acting in concert, among other theories. Appellate counsel argued that the jury was presented with ...

  North Carolina’s courts can terminate the parental rights of a parent who lacks minimum contacts with the state, pursuant to the status exception to the minimum contacts requirement for personal jurisdiction in termination of parental rights proceedings. We affirm ...

  The trial court dismissed defendant’s motions for appropriate relief under the Racial Justice Act (RJA) and the amended RJA after the General Assembly repealed the RJA. For the reasons stated in State v. Ramseur (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-071-20), the ...