North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

RALEIGH (AP) A state panel that will provide explanations to voters on six proposed amendments to the North Carolina Constitution on November ballots is inviting the public to offer suggestions. The Constitutional Amendments Publication Commission meets July 31 to prepare ...

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In last week’s paper, Lawyers Weekly covered a proposed constitutional amendment to be placed before the voters this fall that would strip the governor (currently a Democrat) of the power to fill vacancies in the state’s judiciary and transfer the ...

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The Little Linguists Language Academy in Boone had a problem—neighbors were using the circular gravel driveway in front of the school as a cut-through road. The academy’s owners, Daniel and Carroll Olson, concerned about the safety of their students, remedied ...

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  Charlotte lawyer Lawrence Baker will be the president of the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys in the coming year. Baker and other new leaders took office at the NCADA’s annual meeting in Hilton Head, South Carolina, last month. ...

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  Raleigh lawyer Sammy Thompson was given the first annual Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy at the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys annual meeting last month. Thompson, a graduate of the University of North Carolina and its law ...

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Maryam Al-Zoubi has joined Bull City Lawyer in Durham, where she will focus on immigration defense. Al-Zoubi was previously an assistant district attorney in New York City. Maggie Basu has joined Smith Moore Leatherwood in the firm’s Greensboro office. Basu ...

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Back in April, Sidebar went on a bit of a Twitter rant after the North Carolina Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism heard a presentation during one of its quarterly meetings from a purported expert, on the topic of how millennials ...

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RALEIGH (AP) A registered sex offender found guilty of exposing himself to a North Carolina woman and her 4-year-old son was granted a new trial July 17 after an appeals court found a procedural problem with his felony conviction. The state ...

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RALEIGH (AP) A North Carolina appeals court says a former state worker who alleged he was fired by former Gov. Pat McCrory to make room for a political appointee can no longer challenge the move. The state Court of Appeals ruled July 17 ...

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ANKARA (AP) A Turkish court on July 18 again denied a request for the release from custody of an American pastor based in Turkey who is on trial on charges of aiding terror groups and engaging espionage. Andrew Craig Brunson, a ...

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