North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Bob Webb Jr. retired Dec. 31 as chairman of  Atlanta-basedTroutman Sanders LLP. He held that position since 2006, after having served as managing partner for 18 years. North Carolina native Steve Lewis, managing partner since 2011, will assume leadership and ...

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Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog has announced that Barrett Johnson has joined its Raleigh office as an associate attorney who will practice in the firm’s medical malpractice group. Smith Anderson, headquartered in North Carolina’s Research Triangle region, announced that James Jolley, ...

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In more than 30 years of practicing law, Jeffrey Hay of Womble Carlyle has been the recipient of more than a few awards. Recently, he received one that places him in the company of distinguished North Carolinians such as Maya ...

The following lawyers met all of the certification requirements and were certified by the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization on Nov. 23. Bankruptcy Results will be available in early 2016 Appellate Andrew Erteschik, Raleigh Deborah Sandlin, Raleigh ...

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Joslin Davis, a principal attorney with Allman Spry Davis Leggett and Crumpler of Winston-Salem, has been elected president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, a national organization comprised of more than 1,600 divorce and family law attorneys Anna P. ...

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Lawyers and staff in 20 offices of law firm McGuireWoods made 7,000 sandwiches Nov. 13 for local food distribution programs in a community service partnership with client ConAgra. In the photos above, lawyers and staff in the Charlotte office are ...

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Nexsen Pruet has hired four new attorneys in Charlotte, Columbia and Charleston. Katie Bradshaw works with the employment and labor law group in Charlotte. Melissa Fried has joined the firm’s employment and labor law group in Charleston. In Columbia, John ...

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  Gregory L. Shelton, a construction litigation attorney with Horack Talley Pharr and Lowndes of Charlotte, has been named chairman of the Primerus Construction Law Practice Group for 2016. He will provide administrative leadership to more than 130 construction lawyers ...

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  North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Martin addresses the crowd Nov. 9 at the Charles R. Jonas Federal Building in Charlotte during a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the building’s groundbreaking and laying of the cornerstone, which ...

Dan Siegel, a 2013 graduate of the University of North Carolina School of Law, has become associated with the Raleigh law firm of Tharrington Smith. He will practice in the firm’s education law section.   Hilary S. Blackwood has joined ...

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