The NCBA’s YLD coordinates the North Carolina Disaster Legal Services effort in partnership with the YLD of the American Bar Association, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Legal Aid of North Carolina. The DLS pro bono program provides disaster-related resources and services to the public and attorneys with the support of the North Carolina Bar Foundation.
FEMA has just issued a disaster declaration that allows for assistance to be provided to Tropical Storm Fred affected residents in Buncombe, Haywood and Transylvania counties.
Husband and wife resolved equitable distribution via a consent order. Pursuant to the terms of that order, husband retained the parties’ business and paid wife a distributive award of approximately $3,000,000. Alimony and child support were later heard by the trial court. Wife’s financial affidavit listed monthly expenses for herself and the children totaling approximately $18,000. The trial court found that some of the expenses were unreasonable but did not specify which expenses were unreasonable. Ultimately, the court found that the reasonable amount for monthly expenses for wife and the children was $13,677.56 and entered an order awarding wife $2,100 per month in alimony, $1,900 per month in child support, and $72,617 in support arrears. Wife appealed the alimony order.
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All the divorce laws are still wrong. Nothing has changed in the past 30 days since my last blog post on child support. To be clear, the bonus and commission rules aren’t the only things wrong with child support. More to come on that in later posts.
I’m throwing out softballs to start. Please realize, too, that I’m purposefully taking an extreme approach. The things I write may, or may not, be my position if you see me in court or in mediation. Instead, these examples are meant to point out black holes in how things operate within our family law world.
House Bill 489 is the annual package of regulatory reform changes to the North Carolina State Building Code supported by the N.C. Home Builders Association. This bill includes changes regarding criminal background checks, continuing education courses, and erosion control plan permits, among others.
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The Minorities in the Profession Committee (MIP) has launched another exciting year as one of the most active committees in the North Carolina Bar Association. While we continue to adjust to the unique demands of the pandemic, we remain committed to our mission of eliminating discrimination and institutional racism in the legal profession and promoting increased diversity, equity, and inclusion overall. Below are our goals for the 2021-2022 bar year, information on our upcoming social, and a special welcome to our newest committee members!
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The NCBA Professional Vitality Committee creates sourced articles centered on reducing inherent stress and enhancing vitality in the lives of legal professionals and offers those resources as a benefit for members of the North Carolina Bar Association.
In the morning, immediately upon waking, my mind screaming at me: “Get up. Get out of bed. You can do it. You can do this. Get up.” Not exactly high motivation. But I would indeed get up and sit in front of my computer, alone, in my apartment, drinking my first cup of coffee. I still had a small number of paying clients and an appellate brief due date looming. Even though writing it felt like pushing a rock up Mount Everest, I wrote.
It was the fall of 2019. I had relocated from Ohio to North Carolina in 2017 thinking that I could find work and seamlessly transition from a solo practice in Northeast Ohio to W-2 employment in Western North Carolina. After all, I am a seasoned litigator. My skills are easily transferrable, right? Um, maybe not. My income plummeted. I felt frightened and alone. Little did I know then that there was a much greater challenge lurking right around the corner: COVID-19.
Law Firm Carolinas: New Shareholder, Partners, Offices and Lawyers
Harmony Taylor
Law Firm Carolinas announces the following changes: Harmony Taylor, who is in the Charlotte office and practices community association (HOA and condo) law and civil litigation, has been named a Shareholder.
Three attorneys have been named Partners: Joe Thompson, who practices residential and commercial real estate, and David Wilson, who practices North and South Carolina community association law, both from the Charlotte office; and Jon Raymer, who practices commercial and residential real estate, from the Greensboro office.
Joe Thompson
David Wilson
Jon Raymer
There have also been several recent additions to the firm: Nancy Guyton and Hunt Harris have joined the Wilmington office. Nancy Guyton is a Board-Certified Specialist in Residential and Commercial Real Property law and practices residential and commercial real estate as well as community association law. Hunt Harris practices residential real estate, community association law and civil litigation. Will Rankin has joined the Raleigh office and practices residential and commercial real estate and community association law.
Nancy Guyton
Hunt Harris
Will Rankin
Andrew Brower and Jonathon Woodruff have joined the Greensboro office. Jonathon Woodruff practices community association law and HOA/condo assessment collections. Andrew Brower heads the firm’s Estate Planning & Administration Department (wills, trusts, probate and guardianships).
Hi, I’m Erika, and I failed the July 2020 bar exam.
With results coming any day now, I felt compelled to share my story and a few pearls of wisdom. While the July pass rate usually means that more people are more likely to pass than not, there are always a few people who are not successful. If you are reading this and you have found yourself in that unfortunate group, this post is for you.
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The tidal wave of COVID-19 cases was not the only challenge faced in 2021. Blown away by the marked increase in ransomware attacks, both public and private sectors prioritized consumer privacy and data security. Light as rain, the privacy legislation emphasizing consumer choices and business obligations to defend against emerging cybersecurity threats trickled in, while Virginia and Colorado stormed in, passing comprehensive, state-level privacy laws. This whirlwind of legislation with a forecast of more to come, makes it important for all practitioners advising on privacy and data security matters to understand the storm surge of risks created during the 2021 privacy landscape shift.
The SolarWinds of Change 2021 Privacy and Data Security CLE program will update attendees on recent developments in privacy legislation, address ethical considerations in an era of emerging challenges and technology, take artificial intelligence by storm, and provide practical legal guidance on navigating vendor contracting issues based on lessons learned from the SolarWinds incident.
The program will provide 6.0 hours of CLE (including an ethics/professional responsibility hour and technology training hour) and is planned for both in-person and live webcast options. The full agenda and registration details can be found by clicking here.
Mark your calendars for Windsday . . . no, Thursday, October 28, 2021.
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