North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

A Mecklenburg County man convicted of selling marijuana did not receive ineffective assistance of counsel even though his attorney mistakenly waived his right to receive proper notice that prosecutors planned to raise an aggravating factor during his sentencing, the North ...

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An Asheville attorney who was suspended from the practice of law in 2017 after she handed over more than $30,000 in client funds to fraudsters posing as an investment firm has now been disbarred after she admitted to engaging in ...

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A little-noticed change to North Carolina law is making it easier for people with criminal records to remove barriers to finding jobs and housing by expanding a lesser-known avenue for obtaining relief from the collateral consequences of a criminal conviction. ...

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  An inconspicuous house, tucked away in a cul-de-sac just a few miles to the Charlotte side of Lake Wylie, is at the center of a legal odyssey, one that started with barely $200 in unpaid homeowners’ association dues. Then ...

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An involuntary commitment order entered against a Mecklenburg County man has been vacated by the North Carolina Court of Appeals because the trial judge’s findings, which included the man’s delusions that he was a military commander with his own intelligence ...

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Earlier this month, Gov. Roy Cooper announced that North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Cheri Beasley will be the court’s next chief justice, making her the first African-American woman to serve as chief justice in the 200-year history of the state’s ...

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  Last week Lawyers Weekly published the biggest plaintiffs’ verdicts and settlements of 2018. This week we present the biggest eminent domain verdicts and settlements of 2018, along with our selections for the top defense verdicts of the year. In ...

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Ashley Edwards is a bankruptcy attorney for Parker Poe in Charlotte, and so most of her hours are spent dealing in numbers. But on her own time, she researches the plights of children who are abused and neglected for the ...

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As we do each year, North Carolina Lawyers Weekly is delighted to present the top verdicts and settlements that were reported to us for 2018. Our top verdict this year is really four verdicts—ones that reverberated across the state in ...

As always, our Top Verdicts & Settlements list comes with the caveat that these are the top verdicts and settlements that were reported to us in time for this issue. We make every effort to thoroughly report every substantial jury ...

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