North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

In partnership with Elon University School of Law, North Carolina Lawyers Weekly hosted the third annual Leaders in the Law awards event, honoring legal professionals who go above and beyond in their profession and their community. The honorees represent the ...

Douglas R. Gunson has been the Chief Legal Officer for Nucor Corp., where he has worked for 13 years primarily in anti-trust, commercial, employment, safety and IP law for the nation’s largest steel producer. He previously was Chief Legal Officer ...

Daniel L. Rikard Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary Ethics Compliance Officer Daniel Rikard is responsible for the legal affairs of Polymer Group Inc. (PGI), a $1.2 billion revenue producer of engineered materials based in Charlotte. Prior to joining PGI, ...

Jill Jacobson is Husqvarna Group’s Senior Litigation Counsel, handling all litigation and litigation-related matters for the group, which is the world’s largest producer of outdoor power products including chainsaws, trimmers, lawn mowers and garden tractors. The Group is also the European ...

Christopher Tucci is director, senior vice president, chief legal counsel and Board secretary for Barclays Capital’s mortgage origination and servicing subsidiaries. He has more than twenty years of experience advising senior management and boards of directors on the application of ...

Adam Broome currently serves as Vice President-Legal, General Counsel and Secretary of Cree, Inc., where he manages an eight-lawyer department and also has responsibility for the company’s stock plans.  He has served as Cree’s general counsel since 1995 and was ...

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Stuart H. Kupinsky joined Tekelec in April 2007. Including Tekelec, Stuart has served as the general counsel for four major corporations, including previously for Exide Technologies, a multibillion dollar public company in Alpharetta, GA. Stuart also served as an attorney ...

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Rob is Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, where he has directed corporate law, transactional and governance matters since 2010.  He is lead counsel to BCBSNC’s Strategic Development, Legislative Affairs, Specialty ...

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It’s bad enough for Charlotte’s commercial real estate industry. Lenders aren’t lending. Vacancies are still high. And then there’s the ongoing problem of lawsuits alleging that shopping centers, office buildings and industrial parks are violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. “It is troubling because some folks out of Florida, usually Miami or Fort Lauderdale, come up and file a lawsuit claiming their rights under the ADA have been violated,” said John Bowers, a lawyer for Charlotte law firm Horack Talley. Bowers (pictured) is among attorneys who have been hired to defend two clients in the Charlotte area dealing with ADA lawsuits.

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The term frivolous lawsuit is tossed around a lot, but attorney Ben Smith of Price, Smith, Hargett, Petho and Anderson in Charlotte finds the phrase objectionable in his practice area. “The phrase doesn’t exist in medical malpractice, and I resent people who go in public and say it does,” Smith said. “There is a large entry price in any case. You have to have an expert review the records, and they have to give a preliminary opinion on the case based solely on the record. You don’t really get to the meat of the case until you take a deposition, and that comes much later.”

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