News & Notices

Attorney Richard M. Wiggins was presented with the John B. McMillan Distinguished Service Award on January 31, 2019, at his home in Fayetteville, NC.

The North Carolina State Bar will provide its first official live streaming of a State Bar Council meeting on Friday, January 18, via Facebook Live.

On December 19, 2018, the Supreme Court of North Carolina issued an order amending the North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure.

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 were reconstituted and/or renumbered.

Attorney Robert L. Epting (Bob) received the John B. McMillan Distinguished Service Award on December 7th at District 15B’s Holiday Party at the Carolina Inn.

Attorney James M. Talley Jr., Attorney Jonathan R. Harkavy, and Judge B. Craig Ellis each received the John B. McMillan Distinguished Service Award.

Winston-Salem attorney G. Gray Wilson has been sworn in as president, Raleigh attorney C. Colon Willoughby has been sworn in as vice-president, and Greensboro attorney Barbara R. Christy has been sworn in as vice-president.

Alice Neece Mine, long-time assistant executive director of the North Carolina State Bar, has been installed as the agency’s secretary/treasurer, succeeding L. Thomas Lunsford, II, who had held the post since 1992.

Pro Bono Week is an effort led by the American Bar Association to recognize, recruit, and engage lawyers who positively contribute to the growing unmet legal needs in their communities by providing pro bono legal services.