North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Allegations of flagrant absentee ballot fraud in a North Carolina district have thrown the Election Day results of one of the nation’s last unresolved midterm congressional races into question. Unofficial ballot totals showed Republican Mark Harris ahead of Democrat Dan ...

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A North Carolina court has struck down more legislation Republicans approved for their lame-duck governor’s signature to erode the powers of an incoming Democrat. A Wake County judge ruled that the General Assembly unconstitutionally allowed outgoing GOP Gov. Pat McCrory, ...

For more than 25 years, the man identified as the triggerman in the death of Michael Jordan’s father has repeatedly declared his innocence in the murder. Now he’s going before a judge to lay out evidence he says proves that ...

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Hedrick Gardner has announced the addition of six associates. Katherine Escalante practices on the firm’s civil litigation team in Charlotte and is a Wake Forest University School of Law graduate. Christian Ferlan joined the firm’s workers’ compensation team and is ...

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A second Republican senator, Tim Scott of South Carolina, has said he will vote against President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as a district judge in North Carolina, likely dooming the prospects of Thomas Farr filling the nation’s longest court ...

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Two North Carolina attorneys and a judge received the North Carolina State Bar’s John B. McMillan Distinguished Service Award in November. James Talley Jr., Jonathan Harkavy and Judge B. Craig Ellis each received the honor at separate ceremonies held by ...

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The North Carolina Court of Appeals met at the Catawba County Justice Center in Newton Nov. 14, as part of a special session. The three-judge panel heard cases from Madison and Forsyth counties. Chief Judge Linda McGee, Judge Richard Dietz ...

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The Mecklenburg County Bar is seeking nominations for the 2018-2019 MCB Extraordinary Pro Bono Service Awards. Categories for awards include “outstanding individual attorney” and “outstanding collaborative project,” the MCB said in a release. The individual award is given to a ...

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North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein filed an amicus brief Nov. 21 in support of a suit against a pharmaceutical company which he said should be held liable under state laws for misleading consumers about their product. The brief was ...

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The following lawyers have met all of the certification requirements and were certified by the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization on Nov. 19, according to the board’s website. Results for bankruptcy certifications will be available in the ...

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