Paralegal Ethics: Deck the Halls, or Maybe Not!
The holidays are fast approaching, and many of us are looking forward to holiday parties, delicious goodies adorning the breakroom counters, festive…
New North Carolina PTE Tax Can Reduce Federal Income Taxes
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 capped the deduction available to individual taxpayers under Section 164 to $10,000 for 2017 through 2025. That deduction…
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…
When Should Mediators Be Able To Write The Settlement Agreement For Parties?
In the early 1990s, I conducted mediations for divorcing couples and had a steady growing business. In most cases, one party or both had attorneys with whom…
How to Stop Failing at Getting Your Pro Bono Hours
Elysia Prendergast-Jones and Sarah Hill McIntyre are Co-Chairs of the Pro Bono Committee of the Family Law Section. They have taken on the important task of…
Changes to the Rules of Professional Conduct Regarding Client Confidentiality
The Supreme Court of North Carolina recently approved amendments to Rules of Professional Conduct 1.6 (Confidentiality of Information) and 1.9 (Duties to…
The Paralegal Division and Family Law Section Partner Again to Serve Guilford County Residents with Family Law Issues
In April 2021, the Paralegal Division and the Family Law Section partnered for the first time to hold a Pro Se Custody and Family Law Advice Clinic for…
Federal Income Tax Update
This is the second of three installments of this article. I. Contemporaneous Written Acknowledgment Rules for Charitable Contributions of Aircraft and…
Pro Bono Spotlight: Randolph County Domestic Violence Volunteers
In 2016, when the Greensboro Legal Aid office lost the funding necessary to provide representation for members of the community navigating Domestic Violence,…
Transforming Transformative Use: A Synopsis of Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith
On October 12, 2022, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.(AWF) vs. Lynn Goldsmith, et al.[1] The…