North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Incoming and returning Republicans to the North Carolina Senate chose on Monday a key lawmaker on tax, voting and energy issues to become the chamber’s majority leader for the next two years.  The Senate Republican Caucus, ...

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Ellis & Winters is pleased to welcome six attorneys to the firm’s Litigation Group. Pamela Duffy, Ty Jameson, Chelsea Pieroni, Marcus Allen Shields, Derrick C. Foard, and Molly Whitlatch have recently joined the firm’s Greensboro and Raleigh offices.  “Each of ...

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Shannon Leskin is the new executive director of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice, according to a news release from the organization. She began in her role immediately following a vote of the NCAJ Board of Governors in October.  NCAJ, ...

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Smith Anderson, the largest business and litigation law firm in the Triangle, has announced that it has welcomed seven attorneys who bring a wide breadth of experience to the firm’s banking and finance, real estate development, intellectual property, litigation, mergers ...

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A settlement – subject to court approval – has been reached in Franklin v. Kinsley, formerly known as Hawkins v. Cohen.  The federal class action lawsuit was filed in 2017 by Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy and the National Health ...

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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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