North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, announced that Michael (Mike) Rubin has joined the firm’s Raleigh office as shareholder.  Rubin joins Ogletree Deakins from Goldberg Segalla, where he was a partner, chair of ...

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The family of a man killed in an automobile crash that also left the man’s adult son seriously injured has settled its claims for $8.2 million, the family’s attorney reports.   Ralph Meekins of Teddy, Meekins, & Talbert in Shelby ...

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A 32-year-old worker who was seriously injured while working on a construction project when a dirt wall collapsed and buried him up to the middle of his chest was awarded $2.4 million in a settlement.   According to the plaintiff’s attorney, ...

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Attorney appointed to IDS commission  The North Carolina Office of Indigent Defense Services (NCIDS) announced that the North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys has appointed Goldsboro attorney Tonya Davis Barber to the Commission on Indigent Defense Services. Barber’s term runs ...

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Moore & Van Allen PLLC (MVA) has formally announced the naming of its Civil Rights & Racial Equity Assessments Practice dedicated to conducting public-facing racial equity and other civil rights audits and related confidential, privileged assessments for entities in this ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will take up the issue of affirmative action again Monday — the second time in six years — but with the conservative majority now generally expected to end the use of race in higher ...

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Cranfill Sumner LLP is celebrating its 30th Anniversary this month. Founded in 1992, the firm has become a pillar of the legal community across North Carolina.  Originally founded in Raleigh, the firm has maintained offices in Charlotte and Wilmington for ...

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Chief Justice Paul Newby and his wife Macon completed the historic 100-county courthouse tour with final stops in Chowan and Dare counties last week with Dare being the 100th county, according to a news release from the North Carolina Judicial ...

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Nexsen Pruet economic development attorney, Ernest C. Pearson, was honored with the Lifetime Service Award from the North Carolina Economic Developers Association (NCEDA) at its annual fall conference in Asheville on Oct. 4, according to a news release from the ...

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By Jason Thomas [email protected]  Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo has announced that the attorneys of Nichols, Choi, and Lee have joined Hedrick Gardner’s civil team to further strengthen service capabilities to mutually benefit both firms and their clients.  Through this ...

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