News & Notices

N.C.G.S. § 7A-60 was recently amended by the NC General Assembly. Effective January 1, 2019, North Carolina’s Prosecutorial Districts and Judicial District Bars will be reconstituted and/or renumbered.

Barbara B. (Bonnie) Weyher was presented with the John B. McMillan Distinguished Service Award at the Wake County Bar Association’s luncheon on October 2, 2018.

Yesterday, October 2, 2018, the North Carolina Supreme Court approved the North Carolina State Bar’s temporary rule amendment allowing lawyers not licensed in North Carolina to immediately begin providing pro bono legal services to indigent victims of Hurricane Florence.

The State Bar is compiling a list of legal resources for those in need of legal assistance in the wake of Hurricane Florence.

The Annual Meeting of the State Bar will coincide with the council’s quarterly business meeting on October 23 - 26, 2018, and will include the election of officers at 11:45 a.m. on Thursday, October 25, 2018, at the State Bar headquarters, 217 E. Edenton St., Raleigh, NC.

Lawyers who use a licensed foreign language/sign language interpreter to work with a client can submit a Request for Reimbursement to the Paralegal Certification Program.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently provided the State Bar with a helpful checklist for use by victims of wire transfer fraud.

Greensboro Attorney Barbara R. Christy has been selected by the State Bar's Nominating Committee to stand for election to the office of vice-president of the North Carolina State Bar.

Attorney David R. Teddy received the John B. McMillan Distinguished Service Award on June 17, 2018, at the North Carolina Advocates for Justice Convention in Wilmington, NC.