North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein signed a letter in opposition to pending federal legislation that he said would allow debt collection attorneys to use the state courts to intimidate customers into paying. The pending litigation Stein opposes is the ...

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Mitchell, Brewer, Richardson, Adams, Burge & Boughman v. Brewer (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-230-17, 29 pp.) (Mark Davis, J.) Appealed from Cumberland County Superior Court (John Jolly Jr., J.) N.C. App. Holding: At no point during the two years between the ...

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Mitchell, Brewer, Richardson, Adams, Burge & Boughman v. Brewer (Lawyers Weekly No. 020-019-16, 11 pp.) (John Jolly Jr., J.) 2016 NCBC 18 Holding: Defendants’ counterclaims are based on the premise that the individual plaintiffs had not withdrawn from, and that ...

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Edward Winslow III knew early on that he wanted to stray from the family business. His father was in the horse-and-mule business and eventually became a farmer. “What I learned about farming caused me to develop an interest in other ...

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Evolving technology and lessons learned in the wake of the Great Recession have conspired to change the model of law firm staffing. Traditionally, every lawyer at a firm had his own secretary and often a paralegal as well. Today, only ...

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The country is coming out of one of the worst recessions in decades. In addition to dealing with a sea change in the legal profession, many firms are positioning themselves for a healthy future.

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The word “trend” is loosely flung around the fashion and tech worlds all the time. But in the world of business, a trend is a much more measurable thing. It gives us cold, hard facts, even when we don’t want to see them.

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By FRED HORLBECK, Senior Staff Writer fred.horlbeck@nc.lawyersweekly.com Two weeks after North Carolina giant Womble Carlyle announced its acquisition of a Charleston, S.C., firm, the regional law firm of Smith Moore Leatherwood also has opened an office in the port city. ...

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By FRED HORLBECK, Senior Staff Writer fred.horlbeck@sc.lawyersweekly.com As the longtime Charleston, S.C., firm of Buist Moore Smythe McGee readied for its May 2 debut as Womble Carlyle’s newest office, one detail seemed to escape managing partners at both firms last ...

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By PAUL THARP, Staff Writer paul.tharp@nc.lawyersweekly.com Former N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice I. Beverly Lake Jr. and a trio of veteran lawyers have joined the Raleigh office of Nexsen Pruet, according to the South Carolina-based law firm. The move is part ...

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