Update: The jury found Jones guilty on all three counts after deliberating for less than an hour Oct. 21. One of Jones’ attorneys, Geoffrey Hulse of Goldsboro, said in an interview that he would argue during a hearing slated for ...

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The judge accused of bribing an FBI agent with beer is about to belly up to the bar. Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Arnold Jones, who remains on the bench, is slated to go to trial Oct. 17 in Wilmington’s ...

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Remember the judge who was indicted on federal charges alleging that he bribed an FBI agent with beer? If the unusual case of Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Arnold Jones has faded from memory it’s probably because his arraignment keeps ...

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Beer has been helping white guys dance and unfortunate-looking folks find romance since 1862, according to posters found in dorm rooms everywhere. But the world’s greatest beverage can also serve as an effective palm greaser. That’s one takeaway from the ...

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Sidebar doesn’t always sit through an hour of continuing legal education, but when he does, he prefers that it be about beer. And earlier this month in Raleigh, that dream finally became a reality.

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SYLVA (AP) — A small brewery in western North Carolina is in a legal dispute with a much bigger operation in Michigan. The Asheville Citizen-Times reports that Innovation Brewing of Sylva is the subject of a legal action by Bell’s ...

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Trademark attorneys for North Carolina craft brewery Natty Greene’s were likely buying everyone their next round last week after the beer industry commoner successfully stared down the King of Beers in a trademark dispute. Anheuser-Busch had initially opposed Natty Greene’s ...

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When faced with the question of what he wanted to be when he grew up, John Szymankiewicz first answered “chemical engineer.” But that’s because the job of “North Carolina beer lawyer” didn’t exist yet.

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