By Nancy Black Norelli Senior Lawyers have several options for pro bono work in North Carolina. Share your knowledge and experience while serving your community in one of the opportunities listed below. Pro Bono Go North Carolina’s civil justice community has launched Pro Bono Go, a statewide platform for legal professionals seeking pro bono service that […]
By Dan Hartzog On behalf of the Selection Committee, I am reaching out to further encourage you to nominate a deserving lawyer for induction into the NCBA Legal Practice Hall of Fame. The nominations remain open until March 17, 2023. I hope that you reviewed the comments included in a blog post from Ed Gaskins, […]
By E. D. Gaskins Jr. For several years, I have served on the NCBA Law Practice Hall of Fame Selection Committee. It has been a privilege to do so, as the Committee reviews the nominating materials of some of the most outstanding attorneys in our state. It is inspiring to do so! The primary purpose […]
By Dan Hartzog You may have seen that nominations for the North Carolina Bar Association’s Legal Practice Hall of Fame are now open and are set to close on March 25, 2022. All of you are busy and have other things to do, but I want to encourage you take a little time to consider […]
By his nominator and son, Glenn “Bo” E. Ketner III Glenn has had an extraordinary legal career of almost 58 years, nearly all of it in Salisbury, and he maintains a thriving practice that encompasses estate planning, real estate and land use/zoning, among other areas. He is well known to clients and his peers in […]
By Leon Corbett The Senior Lawyers Division had its Spring Meeting on April 15; once again on Zoom, with the Chair, Justice Rhoda Billings, presiding. The meeting was preceded by a meeting of the Council on April 13, and the Bar Association’s CLE program “Planning for Success: Succession Planning and Business Continuity for All Stages […]
By Henry P. Van Hoy, II Robert C. Hunter was among a distinguished group of inductees into the North Carolina Bar Association Legal Practice Hall of Fame, class of 2020. I was pleased to nominate Judge Hunter and want readers to know some of the reasons the selection committee chose Bob for induction. Bob has […]
E.D. Gaskins, Chair Hall of Fame Nominating Committee The fall meeting of the Senior Lawyers Division, which took place on October 2, 2020, was highlighted by the induction of five new members into the NCBA Legal Practice Hall of Fame: Marshall Gallop Jr. of Rocky Mount, Judge Robert C. Hunter of Marion, Glenn Ketner Jr. […]
By Tom Hull Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCD) and Your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) Accounts Thanks to changes in the 2018 tax law, many of us are able to reap the benefits of an opportunity to receive a charitable deduction and take the full standard deduction at the same time. As you have heard, the SECURE […]
By Rhoda Billings Dear Senior Lawyers, Although it’s not the same as sharing a drink and swapping stories in person, I hope you are planning to join us on Friday, October 2, at 9:00 a.m. via zoom for our fall meeting. We will induct five outstanding lawyers into the Legal Practice Hall of Fame. Then, Bar Center […]