Entries by Jessica Junqueira

Checking In: February 21, 2023

Compiled by Jessica Junqueira Craige Jenkins Liipfert & Walker LLP Elects New Partner The firm announced that Crissy R. Dixon was elected to partner. Dixon focuses her practice on estate planning, estate administration, trust administration and taxation. She received a J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law in 2016, where she served as the […]

Checking In: January 24, 2023

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP Selects New Counsel Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP announced that Leah M. Campbell has been elevated to counsel with the firm. Campbell practices in the Charlotte office. She specializes in the intersection of technology, regulation, securities law and financial services. She has represented financial services and insurance company clients in […]

Checking In: December 14, 2022

Compiled by Jessica Junqueira Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms, PLLC Announces New Attorney Brennan Ferguson has joined the firm. She practices in the areas of civil litigation, construction, insurance coverage and defense, and real estate. She has previously focused on creditor-debtor law, construction law, insurance defense, and litigation. Ferguson also volunteers with the Innocence Project. […]

Checking In: November 22, 2022

Compiled by Jessica Junqueira Carruthers & Roth, P.A. Adds New Associates Sydney ter Avest is now an associate attorney in the firm’s Business, Tax and Estates practice. She will focus on corporate and business law, estate planning, and wealth transfer and preservation. Ter Avest received a J.D. from Campbell Law School, where she was a […]

Checking In: October 25, 2022

Compiled by Jessica Junqueira Baker Donelson Adds New Shareholder The firm announced that Jill Walters is a shareholder. Walters has joined the Corporate Restructuring & Bankruptcy Group and practices in the Raleigh/Research Triangle office. She has more than 15 years of experience counseling clients in matters of corporate insolvency, distressed lending, restructuring and bankruptcy, and […]

Checking In: August 30, 2022

Compiled by Jessica Junqueira Attorney Joins Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP announced that John S. McCool is now an associate attorney. McCool practices in the Charlotte office. He has joined the Construction Practice Group with the firm, where his focus is on construction litigation and transactions. He has experience as […]

Checking In: July 26, 2022

New Career Counselors Join Elon University School of Law Krista Contino Saumby and Alicia Mills joined Elon University School of Law in June. Saumby and Mills will work in the office of Career & Student Development, which will provide services and resources for students as they prepare to enter the practice of law. The office […]

Checking In: June 28, 2022

Compiled by Jessica Junqueira Anderton Joins The Law Offices of James Scott Farrin Bradley Anderton has joined the firm. He has prior experience serving as the Assistant District Attorney of the 15th Prosecutorial District of North Carolina. He holds a J.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Law. There, he was a recipient […]

Checking In: May 31, 2022

Compiled by Jessica Junqueira Fox Rothschild Selects New Partner Troy D. Shelton has been named a partner with the firm. He practices in the Litigation Department in the firm’s Raleigh office. Shelton has both trial and appellate experience. He has litigated cases in the areas of class actions, antitrust, employment disputes, land use and family […]

Micro Mindfulness For Modern Lawyers

By Colleen L. Byers We don’t need anything else to add to our to-do list. We don’t need to overhaul our entire practice. Instead, we can do one little thing that could make a big, positive impact through a practice called micro mindfulness. Micro mindfulness is a practice of interspersing small doses (think less than […]