The Chair’s Comments: New Year, New Focus, New Blog
Welcome! Networking and education. If you’ve ever wondered why most people belong to the NCBA Litigation Section, it’s networking and education. Quite a…
‘Where She Has Practiced Her Entire Career’: Reflections On Coming a Long Way
By Bettie Kelley Sousa A recent e-bar announced the installation of Caryn Coppedge McNeill, the new president of the North Carolina Bar Association, and the…
Modification Of a Foreign Child-Custody Order Under the UCCJEA When Multiple States Are Involved
What if a joint custody order is entered in a state where the parents and child once lived, but then the child and parents all move — with the child living…
Why Haven’t You Signed Up For the NCBA’s Weekly Job Alerts?
Most of my friends from law school switched jobs within the first two years of their practice, and I was no exception. Whether we felt unfulfilled,…
A Heads Up: New Assumed Business Name Law
and Ann Wall On June 2, 2017, Gov. Cooper signed House Bill 228, Postpone Assumed Name Revisions, S.L. 2017-23. This bill postpones the effective date for the…
New Telephone Numbers at the Secretary of State
Someone invented the telephone, And interrupted a nation’s slumbers, Ringing wrong but similar numbers. ~Ogden Nash, Look What You Did, Christopher The N.C.…
Legislative Update: Where NCBA-Supported Legislation Stands As Of Aug. 2
This article appears in the August 2017 edition of North Carolina Lawyer. The N.C. General Assembly convenes again on Aug. 3, 2017. The first five months…
Acclaim For NCBA CLE Publication ‘How To Try Your Case Like a Professional’
Congratulations to NCBA member Christopher Parrish and NCBA CLE Publications Coordinator Laura Bonfiglio for nabbing an ACLEA Outstanding Achievement in…
Of Interest: Redskins Name, Aggies Call Audible, Supremes Hear Betting Case
Sports & Entertainment Law Members of the Sports & Entertainment Law Section found the following, recent third-party articles to be of potential…
Case Summaries: Custody Modification, Equitable Distribution, Change of Circumstances
NCBA Family Law Section , Rebecca Poole and Jennifer Smith Custody Modification; No Evidence Presented at Hearing Farmer v. Farmer, No. COA16-760, (June 6,…