By Jimbo Perry, Annick Lenoir-Peek and Jeff Miller As the Chair of the NCBA Professionalism Committee, who is also a small town practitioner in Kinston, and Executive Director of the Chief Justice Commission on Professionalism, I recently had the opportunity to interview Annick Lenoir-Peek, North Carolina Parent Defender, and Jeff Miller, Pitt County attorney, whose […]
By Jimbo Perry I am honored to serve as the Executive Director for the Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism (CJCP). One of the major responsibilities of the CJCP is examining ways of making the system of justice more accessible to the public. Needless to say, finding ways to bring young lawyers to legal deserts is […]
By Amy H. Wooten “Professionalism.” It’s not a complicated nor hard-to-understand word or concept. At times, being professional is second nature, particularly when those around us exhibit professionalism. When emails are courteous, deadlines are respected, conversations — while sounding in advocacy — are appropriately measured and poignant disagreements remain civil, being professional can feel like […]
By Judge Debra Sasser In Part One, “Bringing Water to the Desert (on a Horse With No Name),” Judge Vince Rozier (Resident Superior Court Judge in the Tenth Judicial District) and Judge Beth Tanner (District Court Judge in the Twenty-Ninth Judicial District) began a conversation on how attorney shortages in legal deserts negatively impact the […]
By Judge Debra Sasser In Part One, “Bringing Water to the Desert (on a Horse With No Name),” Judge Vince Rozier (Resident Superior Court Judge in the Tenth Judicial District) and Judge Beth Tanner (District Court Judge in the Twenty-Ninth Judicial District) began a conversation on how attorney shortages in legal deserts negatively impact the […]
By Judge Debra Sasser In Part One, “Bringing Water to the Desert (on a Horse With No Name),” Judge Vince Rozier (Resident Superior Court Judge in the Tenth Judicial District) and Judge Beth Tanner (District Court Judge in the Twenty-Ninth Judicial District) began a conversation on how attorney shortages in legal deserts negatively impact the […]
By Judge Debra Sasser In Part One, “Bringing Water to the Desert (on a Horse With No Name),” Judge Vince Rozier (Resident Superior Court Judge in the Tenth Judicial District) and Judge Beth Tanner (District Court Judge in the Twenty-Ninth Judicial District) began a conversation on how attorney shortages in legal deserts negatively impact the […]
By Judge Debra Sasser Welcome to Part Two of the six-part video series, “Bringing Water to the Desert.” In Part One, “Bringing Water to the Desert (on a Horse With No Name),” Judge Vince Rozier (Resident Superior Court Judge in the Tenth Judicial District) and Judge Beth Tanner (District Court Judge in the Twenty-Ninth Judicial […]
By Judge Debra Sasser Imagine you are standing in front of a judge wearing a jumpsuit issued by the local county jail. You are standing alone, even though the judge told you at your first appearance that she was appointing an attorney to represent you. Imagine hearing the judge now tell you that no one […]
By Amy E. Richardson Few moments test the professionalism of lawyers and law firms more than a lawyer’s departure. While the North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct — and recent ethics opinions like 2025 FEO 1 and 2021 FEO 6 — provide clear direction on what lawyers must do when a departure occurs, professionalism asks […]