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VOL. XLII • ISSUE 4 OCT/NOV/DEC 2016

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BY BRIAN O. BEVERLY, TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT BAR / WAKE COUNTY BAR MY UNCLE CUT MY HAIR GROWING UP. His name was Archie Foote, and he was married to my father’s older sister Thelma.

He had a small, battered barbershop near the end of a country road in my hometown in southern Maryland. It couldn’t have been more than 150 square feet and always seemed to have a leak in the roof. Metal folding chairs lined the fading wood-paneled walls, along with one or two padded chairs that someone in the family might’ve wanted to discard. Landing a padded chair was a coup, because there was only one barber’s chair in the shop and the wait for a haircut could be quite long.

I could never sit in the padded chairs – they were reserved for the “grown folk.” Everyone in the neighborhood called my uncle “Pop” Archie. He was one of the most charming individuals I’ve ever known. He had an infectious laugh and his mannerisms were smooth as silk. He never met a stranger and could carry on a conversation for hours with family, customers or new acquaintances alike.

In retrospect, that was one of the reasons a haircut took so long. Pop Archie had a number of running buddies whom I would frequently encounter at the barbershop. They included Mr. Earl Bourne, Mr. James Clark and Mr. Robert Quarles. They were all around the same age and I’m pretty sure all were World War II veterans – I know for sure that my uncle was.

In fact, he honed his barber skills while in the Army.

My Daddy was born in 1936, so he was two decades their junior and I quickly realized his high regard for them when he took me to get a haircut on either Friday night or Saturdays.

Pop Archie had a day job as a linesman for the local electric co-op, so Friday nights and Saturdays were the only days the barbershop was open (although Pop always seemed to find time to make house calls on his customers who were sick and shut-in whenever necessary).

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UPCOMING EVENTS

WCBA LUNCHEON • Nov. 1 @ the Glenwood Club (Originally the Woman’s Club) | Duncan McMillan will be honored with the 2016 Joseph Branch Professionalism Award. Program begins at 12:15 p.m.

CAMPBELL BREAKFAST DISCUSSION SERIES • Nov. 16 | Cambell School of Law | NC LAP Program, onehour substance abuse and mental health CLE brought to you by the Lawyer Support Committee. Program begins at 7:30 a.m.

WCBA HOLIDAY PARTY • Dec. 2 | 7-11 p.m. at the Crabtree Valley Marriott, for WCBA Members and their guests only.

TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT BAR ANNUAL MEETING & LUNCHEON • Dec. 6 | 12:15 p.m. at North Raleigh Hilton.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

3 2016 JOSEPH BRANCH PROFESSIONALISM HONOREE DUNCAN ARCHIBALD MCMILLAN 5 CANDIDATES FOR TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT BAR AND WCBA ELECTIONS 11 THE ETHICAL DO’S AND DON’TS OF ONLINE MARKETING 13 HONORING JUDGE MANNING 15 WIRE INSTRUCTION FRAUD PLAGUES NC LAWYERS 16 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 17 WCBA MEMBER NEWS 21 LUNCH WITH A LAWYER CELEBRATES 22ND ANNIVERSARY 23 WCBA CLASSIFIEDS 25 THE 2016 BAR AWARDS 26 WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!

NOTICE OF ELECTION THE OFFICERS of the Tenth Judicial District Bar and Wake County Bar Association hereby give notice pursuant to Article XII of the By-Laws of the North Carolina State Bar: 1. That the annual election of Officers and Directors will be held on Tuesday, December 6, 2016, at the Hilton North Raleigh/Midtown, 3415 Wake Forest Road in Raleigh at 12:15 p.m. Lunch will be served and the cost of lunch will be borne by the Tenth Judicial District Bar at no additional cost to members. There will not be an early voting option.

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WAKE BAR FLYER VOL. XLII No. 4 | OCT/NOV/DEC 2016 President, Wake County Bar Association BRIAN O. BEVERLY President-elect ASHLEY H. CAMPBELL Secretary MEGHAN N. KNIGHT Treasurer ADAM M. GOTTSEGEN Immediate Past President, Wake County Bar Association JUDGE ROBERT B. RADER Immediate Past President, Tenth Judicial District Bar MARK A. FINKELSTEIN Board of Directors RUSSELL D. BABB BILLY BREWER ULMER “ZEKE” BRIDGES BILL BYSTRYNSKI ANNA BAIRD CHOI MARGARET CURRIN STEPHANIE D’ATRI ASHLEIGH PARKER DUNSTON MICHAEL F. EASLEY, JR. JOHN O.N. ELUWA DREW ERTESCHIK SAMUEL A. FOREHAND KATHERINE FRYE NICOLETTE FULTON JAMES HASH JILL JACKSON SHANNON JOSEPH DEAN RICH LEONARD DAYATRA “DAY’ MATTHEWS LAUREN REEVES DAVID SHERLIN JUSTIN TRUESDALE JASON TUTTLE Young Lawyers Division President BRODIE ERWIN ABA Delegate JOHN I. MABE Executive Director WHITNEY von HAAM Wake Bar Flyer Editor LAUREN REEVES Wake Bar Flyer Asst. Editor CARA WILLIAMS Tenth Judicial District Bar Councilors HEIDI C. BLOOM WALTER E. BROCK NICHOLAS J. (NICK) DOMBALIS THEODORE C. EDWARDS II KATHERINE FRYE DONNA R. RASCOE WARREN SAVAGE C. COLON WILLOUGHBY © 2016 Wake County Bar Association & Tenth Judicial District Bar.

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2. The election is for the purpose of choosing Officers and Directors for both the Tenth Judicial District Bar and the Wake County Bar Association, and Badger-Iredell Foundation Board Members.

3. The following Officers will be elected: President-elect, Treasurer, Secretary PRESIDENT-ELECT (ELECT ONE) Maria M. Lynch Ned W. Mangum TREASURER (ELECT ONE) Adam M. Gottsegen SECRETARY (ELECT ONE) Meghan N. Knight 4. The following Directors will be elected: 7 Directors (3-year term) BOARD OF DIRECTORS (ELECT SEVEN) Lisa Angel Christina Medlin McCoy David K. Baker Jess D. Mekeel Keith O’Brien Gregory Jeff Monroe Jefferson G. Griffin Sylvia Novinsky Aida Doss Havel Edd K. Roberts III Gabe Jimenez Megan West Sherron Lisa LeFante Eric A. Snider

5. The following State Bar Councilor positions will be elected by the Tenth Judicial District Bar: Three Councilors (three-year term) STATE BAR COUNCILORS BLOOM SEAT (ELECT ONE) RASCOE SEAT (ELECT ONE) WILLOUGHBY SEAT (ELECT ONE) Heidi C. Bloom Donna Rascoe Colon Willoughby

6. The following Badger-Iredell Foundation members will be elected by the Wake County Bar Association: 2 Foundation Members BADGER-IREDELL FOUNDATION WCBA MEMBERS VOTING (ELECT TWO) Lucy Tatum Austin Jeff Gray Please see biographical information on each of the candidates beginning on page 5 and continuing through page 10. We look forward to seeing you at the Election Meeting on December 6 at the North Raleigh Hilton. WBF

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DUNCAN ARCHIBALD MCMILLAN

2016 RECIPIENT OF JOSEPH BRANCH PROFESSIONALISM

BY WILLIAM PLYLER | EDWARDS KIRBY DUNCAN MCMILLAN WAS BORN in Raleigh on August 25, 1952. He is the third of six children of Robert L. McMillan, Jr. and Virginia Maynard McMillan. He graduated from Broughton High, Wake Forest University, and UNC Law School. He is married to Cornelia Howell McMillan. They have a grown daughter, Campbell, and a grown son, Evan. From 1977 until the present, Duncan has been a partner with the firm of McMillan & Smith.

He focuses his practice in the area of criminal defense.

Duncan demonstrates the highest ethical standards in all of his dealings. He treats opposing counsel, police officers, witnesses and court personnel with unfailing civility and courtesy. I had the honor of practicing law with Duncan for 25 years. I am confident that Duncan tries more cases, year in and year out, than any attorney in Wake County, and probably more cases than any attorney in the state. Though he’s skinny, Duncan has the strength and stamina of an ox. He meets with clients and attorneys from 8-9 a.m., works at the courthouse all day and meets with clients and attorneys from 5-7 p.m. He does his dictation and research at night and on weekends. His longtime legal assistant, Johanna Salcedo, manages his court calendar and appointments, opens and closes multiple files every day and talks on the phone with clients – all accomplished while maintaining her sanity.

Though Duncan has participated in organized local bar activities, such as serving as President of the Wake Duncan McMillan County Academy of Criminal Trial Lawyers and on the board of the WCBA, I believe that one of the primary reasons the WCBA awarded Duncan the Joseph Branch Professionalism Award – its highest honor – is the support and assistance that he provides to his fellow attorneys outside of any organizational structure. Steve Smith, Duncan’s law partner says about Duncan, “He is as likely to be sought out for advice by an assistant district attorney as by a criminal defense lawyer. He is widely regarded as the first person to go to with a thorny ethical issue or a question of proper procedure or an uncertainty about how a matter should be handled .... Duncan has served for decades as a trainer, guide and mentor for dozens and dozens of lawyers, new and experienced alike, as they find themselves with questions about how to properly practice law in the Wake County courts.”

Duncan not only helps attorneys that are alive, he helps attorneys that are dead. Attorney Steve Petersen, a high school friend and Duncan’s fellow Rode Hard band member, talks about the many law practices that Duncan has closed down when attorneys died or became disabled. Petersen states, “In almost all of these instances, the fees had long been collected and spent by the deceased or disabled attorney. This leaves the client in the position where, were it not for someone like Duncan, they would have to retain another attorney. Judges know that Duncan will do this, and they call him asking him to help.” Duncan’s painstaking and thankless work in handling these cases over many years has avoided numerous potential black eyes on our local bar. Duncan takes it upon himself to make sure the clients of disabled or deceased attorney get what they paid for – quality legal representation.

Any article about Duncan would be incomplete without mentioning his unique, magnetic personality and sense of humor. Duncan loves people and people love Duncan. Consequently, Duncan has license to say things that other attorneys do not. One of my favorite examples of this involved Duncan’s good friend, Wake County Magistrate Judge Jake Todd.

Judge Todd, now deceased, battled cancer many years. He once was admitted to the hospital for what everyone thought would be his final days. Miraculously, Judge Todd’s cancer went into remission, and unbeknownst to the courthouse crowd, he was discharged from the hospital. Soon after, Duncan was delighted to discover Judge Todd sitting on the bench, holding court. Without missing a beat, Duncan announced to the courtroom, “Dang Judge, if I had known you were going to live, I would have gone to see you in the hospital.” Judge Todd, a Harvard Law graduate known to take himself and courtroom decorum very seriously, would have held any other lawyer in contempt. As it was, Judge Todd enjoyed a good laugh. In an effort to provide a glimpse into what makes him tick, I posed some questions to Duncan.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU TO RECEIVE THE JOSEPH BRANCH PROFESSIONALISM AWARD? I have not made the type of community contribution that others who have won this award have made. It is humbling, it is embarrassing. In many ways so undeserved. I am overwhelmed that I have been recognized for trying to help my clients and to help my fellow lawyers help theirs. In that respect, I suppose I have made some contribution to the profession, and have encouraged others to continue the tradition advanced by those who helped me.

WHAT MOTIVATES YOU TO SPEND SO MUCH TIME HELPING OTHER ATTORNEYS, PARTICULARLY IN VIEW OF YOUR WORKLOAD? It’s perhaps not my greatest personal flaw, but a flaw. Personal in that it adversely affects the folks I love most – my wife Cornelia, my daughter Campbell and my son Evan. “Why do you have to do that for them? Let somebody else do it.” I’ve heard them say that scores of times. Sometimes, there is nobody else. Sometimes I want to do it. And we all need a little boost up from time to time. I certainly do.

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WHAT MOTIVATES YOU TO PROVIDE PRO BONO WORK TO CLIENTS? My father represented people charged with capital crimes, by judicial request, for no pay, before Gideon v. Wainwright. Some folks can pay. Some folks cannot. All deserve representation. I certainly learned a lot from my father.

as tenant farmers for the victim’s family for three generations. When the trial started, the tension between the families was clearly evident. Half the courtroom was wealthy white gentry and the other half was struggling, hard-working black folks. Animosity flowed between the sets of families.

WHO ARE (OR WERE, IF DECEASED) YOUR MENTORS IN THE PRACTICE OF LAW, AND DESCRIBE HOW THEY HELPED AND INSPIRED YOU? Most of the lawyers who received this award mentored me in one way or another. I think Victor Boone shook my hand the day I was sworn in to practice law. I tried cases against Wright Dixon, and with him. I also sat on a jury when Wright was defense counsel. I also hired him as my lawyer. Roger Smith always had time for me. The first case I ever tried, about a month after I was sworn in as a lawyer, was one of his cases. The problem for me in trying that case was that almost all of the lawyers I could ask for help (Roger, Wade Smith, Ray Briggs, Steve Smith, Wright Dixon, Robert McMillan, and Jim Kimzey) were 300 miles away hiking the Appalachian Trail. But their absence scared me into doing everything I could for that fellow.

By the fourth day of trial, we had proved our point. Our client was not the “trigger man,” and the state had cut a deal with the wrong co-defendant. For the remainder of the trial, the two families mingled like the old friends they were, sharing picnics at lunch time on the courthouse square and praying together before and after court sessions. It was a beautiful display of human nature, with love and mercy rising to the top.

I also want to mention Bob Smith. Like a fool, I filed a civil suit for a man who could not find a lawyer to handle his case. It was not much of a case, but the kind that needs somebody. Bob offered a reasonable settlement that my client refused. It turned out that I had missed some deadline, or failed to plead some cause correctly, and the case could have been dismissed. Bob walked to my office and gave me a copy of the case proving his point. I thanked him and said I would dismiss the case, and he said, “No, I will still make good on the offer.” After full disclosure, my client accepted the offer and was grateful to me. I have been ever grateful to Bob Smith.

YOU HAVE ALWAYS ENJOYED ASSOCIATING WITH ATTORNEYS WITH LARGE PERSONALITIES. WHO ARE SOME OF THESE ATTORNEYS? If you harken back to the old days – Tom Ruffin and Clem Holding. But I must confess that I loved to talk with Carl E. Gaddy Jr. Frank Jackson, Tom Farris (deceased), George Barrett and Greg Stott can tell you about Carl.

PLEASE TALK ABOUT ONE OR TWO OF YOUR MORE INTERESTING CASES. There have been scores. But I don’t think I’ve enjoyed working on a case more than the Ralph “Okra” Evans murder trial that I tried with Ray Goodmon 10 years after he retired.

Ray’s brother-in-law is a pathologist, and I kept asking Ray to ask him about the medical reports I had received in discovery. Finally, I just asked Ray to try the case with me. He did, and “Okra” was found not guilty of murder.

There were cases with Mike Dodd, Tommy Manning, Rick Gammon and Kyle Hall, but most of all, any one of the many cases I tried with Mark Perry. Well, I’m here to tell you, the best friend I have in the bar – and I have several – is Mark Arrington Perry. He and I have tried murder cases, rape cases, child sex offense cases, vehicular homicide cases – you name it. And every one was interesting. And none would have turned out as well if Mark had not been there to nudge me in the right direction or to pick up the ball that I had dropped.

And there was the Patrick Arrington case in Nash County. Tommy Moore asked me to help him, because he had never tried a capital case. It was a tale of wonder, really. The case was a microcosm of the racial, social and economic history of Nash County. Our client was the son, grandson and great grandson of African-Americans who had worked

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WHAT MAKES A GOOD CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY? A modicum of intelligence. A broad educational background. Genuine concern for the less fortunate. Hard work. Courtesy and respect for others.

WHAT MAKES A GOOD PROSECUTOR? A sense of justice. An open mind. Integrity and the backbone to support justice in spite of the public’s – or the individual victim’s – emotional protest.

WHAT MAKES A GOOD JUDGE? Ask Sandy McKinnon, Hamilton Hobgood, Jack Thompson or Tom Lee. There are many great judges. Years ago, there was a policy encouraging all superior court judges to visit Central Prison. Harry Cannady, a fair judge but a harsh sentencer, refused to participate in those tours. The story goes that Hamilton Hobgood remarked, “Harry, if you would take the time to see what life is like in Central Prison, you would not be so quick to give out so much time.” A good judge should have an understanding of the role, the perspective, and the obligation of each party and attorney that appears before her. It’s a tough job.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN YOUR SPARE TIME? I love to hang around Riverton (a small community in Scotland County on the Lumber River). I love to burn a brush pile, fish and stroll through fields looking for Indian artifacts.

Even a flake conjures up the image of a human being hundreds of years ago striking a blow to improve his life, to survive – to provide for his or her clan. The continuity of life that a projectile point represents sort of makes me shudder, thinking of others struggling centuries ago to survive and improve their conditions. I also enjoy reading. My favorite author is generally whoever I am reading at the time. It might be Carl Hiassen, Stephen Hunter, Gabriel Marquez or David McCullough, or it could be Mark Twain or O’Henry.

I KNOW YOU LIKE TO COOK. WHAT IS IT ABOUT COOKING THAT YOU ENJOY? I do love to cook, and I recognize the need for it. My favorite meal is probably field peas, butter beans, creamed corn, fried okra, squash and onions, sliced tomatoes and cucumbers with onions. I do it at Riverton and on fishing trips (this year Mullet Masters celebrate 40 years of trips to the coast for surf fishing), both because I enjoy it and because somebody has to do it. But I like to show the young folks, children, nieces and nephews, how to cut the corn, how much fatback to use and how to bread the okra, because I won’t be around forever.

I like to serve supper to 25 people. But the kids need to know that this stuff don’t just happen. Somebody’s got to put in the time, the care, the history and the love to do it right. WBF

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PRESIDENT-ELECT

ELECT 1 OF 2 CANDIDATES

MARIA M. LYNCH

NED W. MANGUM

Lynch & Eatman, L.L.P. UNC School of Law, 1979

Wake County District Court Judge UNC School of Law, 1998

WCBA/Tenth JD Bar Activities: North Carolina State Bar Councilor 1993-2001; Wake County Bar Association and Tenth Judicial District Board of Directors 2012-2013; Past Member and Chair, Tenth Judicial District Grievance Committee; Past Member and Chair, Professionalism Committee; Past Member, Memorials Committee and Nominations Committee.

WCBA/Tenth JD Bar Activities: Chair, CLE Committee, 2012-present; Board of Directors of the WCBA/Tenth Judicial Bar, 20092010; Member, Professionalism Committee, 2001-present; Annual Speaker, Criminal Law CLE, 2005-present; Speaker, Criminal Discovery Law CLE 2004; Speaker, Civil Law Update CLE, 2013, Member, Bar Candidate Interview Committee, 2006; President’s Award for Service to the CLE Committee, 2014; Participant in the WCBA US Supreme Court Swearing in Ceremony, 2016; Speaker, Bridge the Gap program.

Other Bar-related Activities: Member, North Carolina Bar Association Task Force to Study Internet Practice of Law; Member, Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law Section, Unauthorized Practice of Law Subcommittee of the North Carolina Bar Association Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law Section; Past Chair, Estate Planning and Probate Law Committee of North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization; Member, North Carolina Bar Association Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law Section Council (multiple terms) and past chair of its Ethics Committee; Past Member, Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law Section Technology Committee

TREASURER ELECT 1 OF 1 CANDIDATE ADAM M. GOTTSEGEN

Other Bar-related Activities: Member, Wake County Criminal Justice Operations Committee, 2009-present; Past member, Board of Governors of the District Court Judge’s Association, 2014-2105; Past member of the Education Committee of the District Court Judge’s Association, 2013-2015; Past member of the Wake County Domestic Violence Partnership Committee, 2009-2014; Past member of the Wake County Criminal Justice Partnership Committee; Past member, NCBA’s Criminal Section Council; Speaker, Ethics and Criminal Discovery CLE for the NC Conference of District Attorney’s, 2007; Speaker, Personal Security CLE for NC Conference of Elected District Attorney’s, 2014; Speaker, Personal Security for Attorneys CLE, Georgia District Attorney’s Association, 2014; Faculty member, Train the Trainers program for the NC Conference of District Attorney’s, 2013; Annual panelist of Ethics and Professionalism for the New Prosecutor’s School; Professor of Criminal Law, Family Law, Civil Litigation, Meredith College Paralegal Program, 2006-present.

Nicholls & Crampton, P.A. Wake Forest University School of Law, 2002 WCBA/Tenth JD Bar Activities: Wake County Bar Association Treasurer 2015-16; Wake County Bar and Tenth Judicial District Board of Directors 201315; Professionalism Committee; Wake County Bar Awards/Legal Aid Fundraiser Committee (2014-16); Wake County Bar Awards Sponsorship Chair (2015-16); Tenth Judicial District Fee Dispute Committee Mediator (2015-16).

Other Bar-related Activities: NCBA Bankruptcy Section Council Member 201316; Speaker/Presenter Bankruptcy and Real Property Law (January 2014 and October 2015).

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ELECTIONS CANDIDATES FOR TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT BAR & WCBA ELECTIONS SECRETARY ELECT 1 OF 1 CANDIDATES MEGHAN N. KNIGHT

OF 14 CANDIDATES

DAVID K. BAKER

SAS UNC School of Law, 2006 WCBA/Tenth JD Bar Activities: Secretary of WCBA/ Tenth Judicial District (2016); Lawyers Support Committee (Chair 2013-2015; Co-Chair 2012, Member 2010-2015); Lunch with a Lawyer (2007-present); YLD Education Subcommittee (2007).

Other Bar-related Activities: North Carolina Bar Association, Minorities in the Profession Committee (2010-2016); Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Success in Law School Mentoring Program (2013-14); Defense Research Institute (Member 2007-2014); NC Association of Defense Attorneys (Member 20072014); Association of Corporate Counsel (Member 2014-present); Lawyer on the Line volunteer; Call4ALL volunteer.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECT 7

BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECT 7

OF 14 CANDIDATES

LISA ANGEL Rosen Law Firm Wake Forest University, 1993 WCBA/Tenth JD Bar Activities: WCBA Public Service Committee; WCBA Bar Awards Committee; Lawyers Read Volunteer (Olds Elementary School); WCBA Public Service Festival Volunteer; WCBA Board of Directors (2001-2004).

Other Bar-related Activities: Co-Chair and Founding Board Member, Project Together, Wake County domestic; violence pro bono project (1998-present); Women in the Profession Committee, North Carolina Bar Association, current; NCBA 4ALL volunteer; Campbell Connections Mentorship program (2015); Chair, Membership Committee, North Carolina Bar Association (2010-2012); Chair, North Carolina Domestic Violence Commission (2005-2010); Member North Carolina Domestic Violence Commission (2002-2005); Chair, Domestic Violence Committee, North Carolina Bar Association Family Law Section (2003-2004); Chair, Domestic Violence Committee, North Carolina Bar Association, Young Lawyer Division (1995-2003); Wake County Volunteer Lawyers Program Advisory Board (1998-2000); Legal Services of North Carolina’s Domestic Violence Initiative advisory committee (1999-2002); Co-Chair Wake County Family Lawyers (1994-2002).

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Solo Practitioner North Carolina Central University School Law, 2007 WCBA/Tenth JD Bar Activities: Membership Services Committee (2013-2015) (Vice Chair 2014); Leadership Development Committee (2014 to present).

Other Bar-related Activities: Other Bar-related Activities: NC Advocates for Justice, NCCU School of Law Intra-School Trial Competition Judge, Clifton W. Everett, Sr. Community Lawyer Fellowship, Legal Aid of North Carolina (2007).

KEITH O’BRIEN GREGORY Wake County District Court Judge North Carolina Central University, 1994 WCBA/Tenth JD Bar Activities: Board of Directors (2009-2011), Fee Dispute Resolution Committee Member (2005-2006), Keynote Speaker, WCBA Rule of Law Program.

Other Bar-related Activities: North Carolina Association of District Court Judges, Secretary (2015-present); North Carolina Rules Review Commission – Commissioner (2007-2009); North Carolina State Bar Continuing Legal Education Committee Board Member (2004-2008); Wake County Arbitrator for Civil Claims (2006-2010).

JEFFERSON G. GRIFFIN Wake County District Court Judge North Carolina Central School of Law, 2008 WCBA/Tenth JD Bar Activities: Fee Dispute Resolution Committee (past member), Campbell Connections Mentor Program, WCBA Lawyers League Basketball, WCBA Lawyers League Softball, Lunch with a Lawyer program, Rule of Law Program.

Other Bar-related Activities: Susie Sharp Inn of Court, Past President Lenoir County Bar Association 2009, Campbell Law Extern Program.

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ELECTIONS CANDIDATES FOR TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT BAR & WCBA ELECTIONS BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECT 7 OF 14 CANDIDATES AIDA DOSS HAVEL

LISA LEFANTE

Law Office of Aida Doss Havel & Separating Together UNC School of Law, 1984

Bender LeFante Law Offices, PC Cornell Law School, 1989

WCBA/Tenth JD Bar Activities: Original Bench/Bar Transitional Family Court Committee (2002); Wake County Family Court Improvement Committee (2007-present); Capital Area Teen Court (2013-2014); with the Honorable Jennifer M. Green, created and implemented a new volunteer court to mediate custody claims in domestic violence cases (2013-2014); with the Honorable Christine M. Walczyk, created and implemented a new volunteer court to mediate miscellaneous claims in Family Court (2015); breakfast presentation to WCBA on civil collaborative law (2015); presentation to Wake County Bar Professionalism Committee and recipient of that committee’s Spotlight Award (2016).

Other Bar-related Activities: Participant, NCBA’s 4ALL Day of Service (2009, 2010, 2012, and 2014); NCBA Dispute Resolution (DR) Section Council member (2014-present); NCBA Dispute Resolution Civil Collaborative Committee (member, 2014-2016; Co-Chair, 2016-present); multiple presentations on alternative dispute resolution and collaborative practice to NC Central School of Law, Campbell School of Law, Charlotte School of Law, and NCBA CLE programs (ongoing); featured presenter at Global Collaborative Law Council in Dallas, Texas (2015); Women’s Center Legal Hotline volunteer (1990-2002).

GABE JIMENEZ Jimenez Law Offices, PLLC Florida State University College of Law, 1997

WCBA/Tenth JD Bar Activities: Swearing-In Committee, Co-Chair (2013-present), Member (2011-present); Bar Interview Committee, Member (2011-present), Grievance Committee, Member (2016-present).

Other Bar-related Activities: NCBA Membership Committee, Member (2010-present) NCBA Family Law Section, Membership Committee, Co-Chair (2012-present), Member (2009-present), Volunteer, Wake County Domestic Violence Custody Court, (2014-present), NCBA 4ALL Committee, Member (2016-present), Volunteer (2012-present), 2012 NCBA Economic Survey Task Force, Member.

CHRISTINA MEDLIN MCCOY Solo Practitioner UNC School of Law, 2005 WCBA/Tenth JD Bar Activities: Social Committee (2015); Bench-Bar Committee (2011, 2012, co-chair 2014); Leadership Development Committee (2015-2016); CLE Committee (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014); Social Committee.

Other Bar-related Activities: Capital City Lawyers Associations, NC Advocates for Justice, NC Bar Association.

WCBA/Tenth JD Bar Activities: Leadership Development Committee (2014-present); Sponsorship Committee (2011-present ); Strategic Planning Committee Retreat (2015); WCBA Golf Tournament Chair & Athletics Committee (2010-2014); Bar Applicant Interviewer, and participant in Lunch with Lawyer and Lawyers in Schools programs.

Other Bar-related Activities: Governor’s Advisory Council on Hispanic/ Latino Affairs (2010-2012); 2008 Pro Bono Impact Award by Business Leader Media; NCBA Board of Governors (2004-2007); NCBA Hispanic/Latino Lawyers Committee (Chair 2001-2003); & NC Advocates for Justice Hispanic/Latino Legal Issues Division Chair & Seat on Board (2000-2002).

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ELECTIONS CANDIDATES FOR TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT BAR & WCBA ELECTIONS BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECT 7 OF 14 CANDIDATES JESS D. MEKEEL

SYLVIA NOVINSKY

N.C. Department of Justice (Criminal Division) William & Mary Law School, 2006

NC Equal Access to Justice Commission (Director, NC Pro Bono Resource Center) American University, Washington College of Law, 1992

William & Mary Law School, 2006

WCBA/Tenth JD Bar Activities: Swearing-in Ceremony Committee (Co-Chair 2015-2016, Vice-Chair 2014, Member 2011-2014, Coordinator Fall 2013 Ceremony); Grievance Committee (2016); Fee Dispute Resolution Committee (2015-2016); Strategic Planning Committee (2015); Bar Candidate Interview Committee (2009-2014, 2016); Bench Bar Liaison Committee (2012-2014, 2016); Athletics Committee (2013); Mentor for Campbell/WCBA “Connections” Mentoring Program (2014), Participant in WCBA Athletics (2006-2014, 2016).

Other Bar-related Activities: Wake County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council (2013-2016); Proctor for NC Bar Examination (2008-2016); NCBA Bench Bar Liaison Committee (2011-2012); Coach for NCCU Law Moot Court Team (2015); Judge or Brief Grader for Campbell Moot Court Competition (2008, 2010, 20142016); Judge for UNC Moot Court Competition (2008, 2013).

JEFF MONROE Miller & Monroe, PLLC UNC School of Law, 2009 WCBA/Tenth JD Bar Activities: Athletics Committee (Vice-Chair 2015-present, Member 2011-present), Lunch with a Lawyer (2016).

Other Bar-Related Activities: Campbell Law Connections Mentor Program (Mentor 2014-2016), NCBA Litigation Section.

WCBA/Tenth JD Bar Activities: Public Service Committee (2016).

Other Bar-related Activities: 19+ years experience coordinating UNC School of Law Pro Bono Program; Former Chair, NCBA Public Service Advisory Committee; Former Chair, NCBA Latino Affairs Committee; Served on NCBA 2011-12 Pro Bono Strategic Planning Task Force; Current Member, NCBA Pro Bono Activities Committee; Adjunct Professor UNC School of Law (Leadership for Lawyers; Spanish for Lawyers).

EDD K. ROBERTS III Roberts Law Office, PA NCCU School of Law, 2000 WCBA/Tenth JD Bar Activities: Tenth Judicial District Grievance Committee (2015-present); Professionalism Committee (2014-Present); Participant, Lunch with a Lawyer (2003-2005); Participant, YLD Silent Partners (2003-2005); Participant, YLD Annual Clothing Drive and Habitat for Humanity Service Day (2001-2003).

MEGAN WEST SHERRON Campbell Law School Campbell Law School, 2010 WCBA/Tenth JD Bar Activities: WCBA Young Lawyers’ Division Law Student Services committee chair; Connections Mentorship program director.

Other Bar-Related Activities: Wake Women Attorneys; NCBA Membership Committee.

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ELECTIONS CANDIDATES FOR TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT BAR & WCBA ELECTIONS BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECT 7 OF 14 CANDIDATES

BADGER-IREDELL FOUNDATION

ELECT 2 OF 2 CANDIDATES

ERIC A. SNIDER

LUCY TATUM AUSTIN

Smith Moore Leatherwood, LLP UNC School of Law, 2007

NC Industrial Commission Campbell Law School, 2008

WCBA/Tenth JD Bar Activities: Vice-Chair, WCBA Bench-Bar Liaison Committee (2016); Wake County Bar Awards/Legal Aid Fundraiser Committee, Social Media Chair (2015); Co-presenter, “Employment Law Overview: FMLA, ADA, and an Overview of Federal and State Wage and Hour Laws,” CLE to Wake County Bar Association members on June 2, 2015; WCBA member (2011-present).

WCBA/Tenth JD Bar Activities: Badger-Iredell Foundation (2014-present); WCBA Communications Committee (2014-present); Bar Flyer Editor (2010-2013).

Other Bar-related Activities: Chief Justice Susie M. Sharp Inn of Court (2013-present); North Carolina Business Committee for Education (2013-present); North Carolina State Bar Interview Candidate Committee (2012-present); North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (2011-present); Federal Bar Association (2014-present); Defense Research Institute (2007-present); Super Lawyers Rising Star (2014-2016); Martindale-Hubbell AV rating (2015-present); Board of Directors, Henderson Collegiate Charter School (Vance Co.) (2015-present).

Other Bar-related Activities: NCBA, Law-Related Education Advisory Committee (2009-present); Co-chair (2015-present); NCBA, Communications Committee (2013-present), NCBA, YLD -Newsletter Editor (2011-2014); Military Issues Cochair (2014-16), Division Director (2016-present).

JEFF GRAY Bailey & Dixon, LLP Campbell University School of Law, 1985 Other Bar-related Activities: Member, North Carolina State Bar, 10th Judicial District Bar, Eastern, Middle, and Western District of North Carolina Federal Bars, 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Bar, and United States Supreme Court Bar. Member, American Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association (Administrative Law Section, Government & Public Sector Section, and Zoning, Planning & Land Use Section, Foundation Development Committee and Endowment Committee), and Wake County Bar Association. Commissioner, Administrative Rules Review Commission (2001-2003; 2003-2011).

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ELECTIONS CANDIDATES FOR STATE BAR COUNCILORS BLOOM SEAT

UNCONTESTED

RASCOE SEAT

UNCONTESTED

HEIDI C. BLOOM

DONNA RASCOE

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton, LLP Wake Forest University, 1995

Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog University of North Carolina, 1993

WCBA/Tenth JD Bar Activities: Councilor, Tenth Judicial District (2014-present); WCBA Board of Directors (2011-2013), Tenth Judicial District Grievance Committee (Member 2009-2011; Vice-Chair 2012; Chair 2013), Athletics Committee (2000-2004).

WCBA/Tenth JD Bar Activities: State Bar Councilor (2010-present).

Other Bar-related Activities: NCBA Family Law Section Council Member (2008-2011), NCBA Family Law CLE Committee(Member 2004-2010; ViceChair 2011-2013; Chair 2013-2016); NCBA Family Law Council Ethics Co-Chair (2016-present); Past Editor, North Carolina Bar Association Family Forum; Wake County Family Court Rules Committee; Speaker and/or course-planner for numerous NCBA CLE’s.

WILLOUGHBY SEAT

Other Bar-related Activities: NC Bar Association: Education Law Section Council (2003-2006); Education Law Section; Membership Committee (2000-2001); Speaker: Law Institute for Teachers (2008 and 2010); Young Lawyers Division Scholarship Committee, Pen Pal Program and Silent Partners Program

UNCONTESTED

COLON WILLOUGHBY McGuire Woods Campbell University, 1979 WCBA/Tenth JD Bar Activities: Councilor, Tenth Judicial District (2014 – present). Past Director and Social Chairman, Professionalism and Professionalism Award Committee, Joseph Branch Award 2010.

Other Bar-related Activities: State Bar Council 1998-2006, Disciplinary Hearing Commission 2007-2011, NCBA Peter Gilchrist Award 2011, Fellow of American College of Trial Lawyers, Board of Directors National District Attorneys Association 1997-2002, Past President of Wake County Academy of Criminal Trial Lawyers, Past President of NC Conference of District Attorneys 1992.

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THE ETHICAL DO’S AND DON’TS OF ONLINE MARKETING

BY CRYSTAL S. CARLISLE | THE BROCKER LAW FIRM, PA

ARE YOU PROMOTING YOUR SERVICES on a website, social media platform or otherwise over the internet? The vast majority of attorneys who market their legal services do so online. But how many of those attorneys sit down and study the Rules of Professional Conduct (RPCs) and ethics opinions before launching an online presence?

Many don’t realize the advertising RPCs apply to all online communications about your services. One misstep in advertising can lead to a grievance – and it’s your competitors who are reporting your non-compliant ads, not your clients.

In addition, compliance is not as simple as following the Rules. For example, did you know that the Ethics Committee has interpreted Rule 7.1 to prohibit use of truthful testimonials that reference a dollar amount obtained through the attorney’s services?

The advertising rules and ethics opinions are not necessarily intuitive, and simply knowing that you cannot make a false or misleading communication is not enough. In the last several years, there have been a series of formal ethics opinions pertaining to online marketing. Failure to keep track of these opinions can be a trap for the unwary or an ethical mine field.

THE DON’TS The following are generally prohibited by the RPCs or Ethics Opinions: · Posting client testimonials that reference verdicts or settlement with specific dollar amounts. 2012 FEO 1; · Accepting a social media endorsement from a sitting judge, even if the person became a judge after you accepted the endorsement. 2014 FEO 8, Op. #4 and 6; · Accepting an endorsement through LinkedIn or other social media platform for an area of law in which you don’t practice as it could be misleading. Rule 7.1(a); · Giving anything of value for an online endorsement or recommendation. Rule 7.2; · Using reviews for hire to post testimonials, reviews or other endorsements that are not based on truthful and real experiences;

The following provides a short bullet point summary of what you can and cannot do concerning online marketing:

· Asking or allowing a client or other person to post a review, testimonial or other endorsement containing language that you could not post yourself; and

THE DO’S The following are generally permitted provided that the marketing also complies with the general standards for accurate, truthful statements and other requirements of Rules 7.1- 7.5:

· Responding to a negative client review online by breaching client confidentiality.

There is no exception under Rule 1.6 for this type of disclosure.

· Including case results on your website or other marketing materials, provided they are factually accurate and contain an appropriate and “prominently displayed” disclaimer. 2009 FEO 16; · Using client testimonials that discuss results, so long as there is no reference to specific dollar amounts, you include an appropriate and conspicuous disclaimer, and you obtain the client’s consent before posting. 2012 FEO 1; · Using client testimonials with “soft endorsements” about the attorney’s level of service, attentiveness, responsiveness, even without any disclaimer. 2012 FEO 1; · Requesting that clients post reviews or testimonials on social media and similar sites. 2012 FEO 1 and 2012 FEO 8;

If you are going to have an online presence, make sure to check your website and social media profiles regularly. It’s easy to post them and forget about them. You must maintain current and accurate information on a website, online profile or social media platform over which you have control to avoid making false or misleading communications.

Rule 7.1. If you claim your profile on AVVO or other similar platform, you are deemed responsible for the accuracy of information contained on the site. See 2012 FEO 8 and 2014 FEO 8. If there is an improper testimonial, and you have any ability to control the website or content of the social media platform, you should take steps to address it. See 2012 FEO 1 and 2012 FEO 8.

The above is intended to be a very general overview of important issues in online marketing and is not a comprehensive discussion of issues in this area. The bottom line: before marketing online, it is essential to review the Rules, opinions, authorities cited above – or seek advice about ethical compliance. WBF

· Accepting or sending an invitation to connect on LinkedIn, a “like” on Facebook, or similar invitation to or from a judge, unless you are in proceedings before the judge at the time it is sent. 2014 FEO 8; · Accepting a social media endorsement or recommendation from persons other than judges, as long as they are truthful and not misleading. 2014 FEO 8, Op. #5; and · Sending a social media endorsement or recommendation for a sitting judge, unless you are appearing before the judge at the time. 2014 FEO 8, Op. #3;

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Pop Archie, Mr. Bourne, Mr. Clark and Mr. Quarles were all charismatic gentlemen in their own right. Mr. Bourne might’ve been somewhat more eloquent in his speech; Mr. Clark would at times become more animated than the others; and Mr. Quarles was larger in stature but had a quiet presence that commanded attention even when he wasn’t talking. They were collectively fond of storytelling and recounting general life experiences. Sometimes the stories would become a bit embellished. Daddy used to say when the group got together that “the first lie don’t stand a chance.” I remember distinctly as a little boy in the shop hearing Pop Archie recount a game where he swears the Redskins scored three touchdowns in the final minute to beat their rival that day. I was clearly oblivious to the incredible quality of some of the tales. As a youngster, when I relied on my father to take me to get a haircut, and even later as a teen when I was free to drive myself, I often hung on their every word.

They would talk about a myriad of topics: sports, cars, politics, womenfolk, hunting, etc. I don’t remember the details of all the stories. Nor do I remember the punchlines of the many jokes. There is, however, one thing that became etched in my brain in that little barbershop: the importance of voting.

Looking back, I can only surmise the motivation for their passion regarding the franchise. It wasn’t a very popular notion for a black man to exercise his right to vote during their lifetime. I heard firsthand the stories of their treatment upon returning home from World War II and the anecdotes didn’t always depict the level of fairness we would expect to see given to men who had served our country. Maryland, while viewed from the deep South as a northern state, is still below the Mason-Dixon Line and was not immune from the Jim Crow climate of their times. Interestingly, two of the most well-known slaves from the antebellum period were Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass, and both escaped to freedom from Maryland.

While this seasoned crew never discussed whom they voted for, they did champion the responsibility – the duty even – to encounter any hardship required to exercise the right to vote.

As I grew older and appreciated the historical context of their situation, my knowledge only reinforced their message regarding the obligation to vote. Sure the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution facially guaranteed the right to vote to all citizens, but it wasn’t until the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and ensuing protracted litigation that many African-Americans were armed with the protections that secured this constitutional right for them.

Even this landmark legislation was achieved at the cost of unthinkable cruelty to many. The images of “Bloody Sunday” and the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama serve as an indelible illustration for history-conscious individuals, both black and white. My dear friend Mark Finkelstein told me that his father was in Selma in the wake of that incident, and I’ve yet to pick his brain on the accounts he was given but I’m looking forward to the discussion. This space is too narrow to recount the early 20th Century struggles of women to secure the franchise, or before that the slow expansion of voting rights beyond the initial restricted class of wealthy landowners. The point is that tremendous sacrifices have been made by an immeasurable number of right-thinking people to afford us a privilege that far too many of us take for granted.

So, in this election season, I’m imploring you to instill in your family, friends and professional circles the lesson that was imparted to me by my uncle and his cohorts. It’s not my place to tell you whom to vote for, nor is it my or anyone else’s business for whom you choose to “pull the lever.”

However, the fact that you exercise your right to vote is my business, since I was trained up by some of the very individuals who sacrificed so much to acquire and preserve it. Nothing should prevent you from voting. The right to vote isn’t yours to play with. It belongs to those who made it a reality for you and me. They endured too many indignities for us to ignore such an awesome responsibility. If you watched the presidential debates in 2012, you likely heard Bob Schieffer utter my current favorite quote about voting. He attributes it to his mother. He said, very simply, “Go vote – it makes you feel big and strong.” WBF

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HONORING JUDGE MANNING VERNON MALONE FRIEND OF EDUCATION

BY JOHN MABE | NEXSEN PRUET, LLC

I SERVE ON THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL of WakeEd Partnership and have been involved with this 33-year-old nonprofit for quite some time. WakeEd exists because the business community saw then, and continues to see now, the importance of having a conduit for their voice to be heard on public education issues in Wake County. WakeEd works through the business community to strengthen our Wake County Public School System, while remaining independent from it. They have programs that support our teachers through professional development in STEM and a teacher innovation grants program. They have programs that support early childhood literacy – our Partners Read program being one of those. And they advocate and champion certain causes that have an impact on education policy for our public schools.

Each October, WakeEd Partnership hosts its Stars of Education dinner and celebration to honor those who have worked tirelessly to make sure our public schools are ever raising the bar toward higher excellence. This year, on October 12 at the Raleigh Marriott City Center at Stars of Education, WakeEd presented their Vernon Malone Friend of Education Award to Judge Howard Manning Jr.

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Unfortunately, several of these attacks were successful and hundreds of thousands of dollars were stolen and are very unlikely to be recovered. I’ve asked our claims attorney, Troy Crawford, to talk with me about the attacks.

WHAT WENT WRONG AND HOW CAN WE PREVENT IT? While the details of the recent scams are emerging, it appears hackers first became aware of the closing by compromising email accounts of differing parties. Sometimes the attorney account was compromised, sometimes the Seller’s account was compromised but the most common scenario was the Realtor’s account was being monitored by international criminal organizations.

SOUNDS SCARY. HOW DOES THIS SCAM WORK? The foreign-based hackers would observe the account, CAMILLE STELL is the Vice President of Client Services and Troy Crawford is a claims lawyer for Lawyers Mutual. Continue this conversation by contacting Camille at camille@ lawyersmutualnc.com or Troy at troy@lawyersmutualnc. com or 800.662.8843 for an in-house presentation on Cyber Security. Contact Adam Pierce, AAI, Director of P&C Operations with Lawyers Insurance for information on cyber insurance policies at adam@lawyersmutualnc. com.

likely for several weeks, and only actively intervene once an understanding of the business practices were obtained and a significant wire was to be produced. In the interim, the unsuspecting Realtor would continue to use the account unaware his or her client and the closing attorney were being set up to be robbed.

WHAT CAN LAWYERS DO TO AVOID FALLING VICTIM TO THE LATEST SERIES OF SCAMS? EVERY wire request should be verified and the more personal the verification, the better. The best way to verify wiring instructions is to have the Seller sign the wiring instructions at the closing ceremony in the presence of the attorney. We know of no wire fraud which has taken place when this has occurred, and even if it did, the closing attorney would likely be insulated from liability by the doctrine of contributory negligence.

If the Seller is unable to attend the ceremony we recommend the wiring instructions be included in the same package in which the deed is delivered. In these situations, have the Seller sign wiring instructions and have the signature notarized if possible. Even then, we recommend the Seller verify the closing instructions over the telephone via a call initiated by the law office using contact information from very early in the file prior to any discussion of proceeds and wires.

Confirming a telephone call verification via email is a good practice and a great way to document the file. However, an email verification alone is inadequate. If at all possible, do not accept changes to wiring instructions.

MANY PROFESSIONALS ARE STILL USING FREE EMAIL SERVICES SUCH AS GMAIL, YAHOO, AOL.COM, AND NC.RRR.COM. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE RISK WITH THESE FREE SERVICES? If wiring instructions are attached to an email from a free email service (gmail, yahoo, aol.com, nc.rrr. com, etc.) they should be assumed to be fraudulent and extra diligence should be taken in verifying their authenticity.

Sometimes hackers will set up an alias account with a very similar name (frequently dropping or swapping letters) to send modified instructions so the authentic user is not aware of their presence. Examining the account name in detail is a good idea; however, as the hacker already has access to the original account, he or she may be not take this step and will use the same account that all other correspondence used.

Attorneys should be using secure email. Secure email essentially means that an email travels from sender to recipient without interruption, alteration, or interception. It allows the recipient to be sure of the sender’s identify and the validity of any attachments to the email. Most free email services do not offer these protections that you pay for with secure email providers. In addition, free email services are likely non-complaint with the ALTA Best Practices because of these major security concerns and the emails are likely being mined for data by their providers in violation of Rule 1.6 of the Rules of Professional Conduct.

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If you are currently using a free service, immediate action should be taken to find a more secure and professional alternative. In the interim, it is possible to see when and from where the free account was recently accessed. Here is a link explaining how to do it for gmail accounts: http://www.groovypost.com/howto/ check-gmail-login-activity/. Other services should have similar abilities. If you see suspicious activity, please immediately change account passwords and contact your professional liability carrier along with your cyber or crime carrier.

WHAT ARE SOME OTHER RED FLAGS? Be very suspicious of wires going to any account that is not in the name of the Seller. Also, be suspicious of any account with a geographic location different than the Seller. Why is a North Carolina Seller relocating to New York sending a wire to Wisconsin? There are some reasons for the different names and odd locations, but these are red flags which should be explored in detail (and not via email).

Do NOT send wires overseas. Once money leaves the United States, it is likely gone forever.

Finally, regularly change your passwords.

While these policies appear harsh, hacking crimes can be devastating to a law firm’s finances and reputation. Explaining the policy up front to your clients is a good way to limit negative actions. Also, be sure to share this information with your support staff. Many paralegals are on the front line of communications concerning closing instructions.

Below is sample language Lawyers Mutual recommends to be included in your Seller engagement letter:

FUNDS AVAILABILITY POLICY It is our goal to make real estate commission checks and funds available as soon as practical following closing. However, NC State Bar Rules expressly prohibit disbursing any closing funds prior to recording. Should you request funds be wired, our office can accommodate the request for a fee of $___.00. In order to prevent fraud and protect your proceeds, all wiring instructions must be will be verified and you will be required to sign the instructions at the closing ceremony.

THIS OFFICE WILL NOT ACCEPT CHANGES TO WIRING INSTRUCTIONS. WBF

WCBA CALENDAR OF EVENTS October 27 | WCBA Scholarship Golf Tournament

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December 6 | Tenth Judicial District Bar

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12:15 p.m. @ North Raleigh Hilton December 9 | Memorial Service

2 p.m. @ Wake County Justice Center, Courtroom 701 January 3 | WCBA ~ January Luncheon

12:15 p.m. @ The Glenwood Club. NCBA President

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WCBA MEMBER NEWS 2016 North Carolina Leaders In The Law Honorees Announced Lawyers Weekly honored 2016 North Carolina Leaders in the Law honorees last month at The Glenwood Club. Honorees include Gill P. Beck | United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina Leah Michelle Broker | Broker & Hamrick, P.A. Kenneth L. Burgess | Poyner Spruill LLP Lynn P. Burleson | Tharrington Smith LLP Henry Campen | Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP Amie Flowers Carmack | Morningstar Law Group Karen H. Chapman | Poyner Spruill LLP Donna R. Cohen | Donna R. Cohen, Attorney at Law, PLLC Brian Cromwell | Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP Benjamin Randall David | District Attorney’s Office, Fifth Prosecutorial District Jeffrey M. Davis | Lincoln Financial Group T. Greg Doucette | The Law Offices of T. Greg Doucette, PLLC John O.N. Eluwa | Law Offices of John Eluwa, PLLC David Gantt | David Gantt Law Office Judge Martha A. Geer | Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC Nancy L. Grace | Wake Family Law Group Jason B. James | Bell, Davis & Pitt, P.A. Mark Johnson | Inmar, Inc. William O. King | Walker Lambe, Attorneys Tiffany A.Lesnik | Lesnik Family Law, P.C. Carlos E. Mahoney | Glenn, Mills, Fisher & Maoney, P.A. Harrison L. Marshall Jr. | McGuireWoods LLP E. Eric Mills | Nexsen Pruet, LLC Christy Myatt | Nexen Pruet, LLC William G. Pagán | Coats + Bennett, PLLC LeeAnne Quattrucci | LeeAnne Quattrucci Law Robert Blackwell Rader | North Carolian District Court, 10th Judicial District Shamieka LaCher Rhinehart | Durham District Attorney’s Office Vince Rozier Jr. | Wake County District Court Judge Sarah Cantrell Cowen Seaton | North Carolina District Court, 4th Judicial District Jim Slaughter | Black, Slaughter & Black, PA M. Gray Styers Jr. | Smith Moore Leatherwood Sharon A. Thompson | NicholsonPham, PLLC Louis Alfred Trosch Jr. | North Carolina District Court, 26th Judicial District Ann Warren | Duke Energy Corporation Frank D. Whitney | United States Federal District Court

13 Raleigh Brooks Pierce Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers In America© 2017 The 2017 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© recognized 50 Brooks Pierce attorneys as law industry leaders, including 13 from the Raleigh office. Best Lawyers© is known as the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. The methodology is designed to collect the consensus opinion of

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leading lawyers and the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical region and legal practice area. The 13 Raleigh Brooks Pierce attorneys listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2017 are: · Charles Coble for Commercial Litigation · Ben Davis for Banking and Finance Law · Patricia Goodson for Employment Law – Management · Wade Hargrove for Communications Law; Copyright Law; Corporate Law; First Amendment Law; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Media Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law · Patrick Johnson for Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law · David Kushner for Media Law · Charles Marshall for Commercial Litigation; Government Relations Practice · Gary Parsons for Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants · Mark Prak for First Amendment Law; Litigation – First Amendment; Media Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law · David Smyth for Securities Regulation · Walt Tippett for Commercial Litigation; Construction Law · Marcus Trathen for First Amendment Law · Ed Turlington for Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Government Relations Practice

26 Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog Attorneys Selected For Inclusion In The Best Lawyers In America© 2017 Twenty-six attorneys from Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP (CSH Law) were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2017. Twenty of the 26 are local to Wake County, and are listed below: · George B. Autry Jr. | Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law · Stephanie Autry | Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law · Jaye Bingham-Hinch | Appellate Practice · Richard Boyette | Mediation · Susan Burkhart | Insurance Law · Buxton S. Copeland* | Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers · Paul Cranfill | Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers · Leigh Livengood Dale | Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers · Scott Fuller | Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers · Robert Griffin | Litigation – Insurance · Dan M. Hartzog | Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Labor and Employment, Litigation – Municipal, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants · Jennifer Morris Jones | Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers · C.D. Taylor Pace | Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers · David A. Rhoades | Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers · P.K. Shere | Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants · Ted Smyth | Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial

Litigation, Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs · Robert Sumner | Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

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· Robin Hayes Terry | Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers · F. Marshall Wall | Product Liability Litigation – Defendants · David Ward | Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Seven Nelson Mullins Raleigh Attorneys Selected for The 2017 Best Lawyers in America© 2017 Seven Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Raleigh attorneys in 12 practice areas have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2017.

The Nelson Mullins Raleigh lawyers listed are: · Terri L. Gardner | Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Bankruptcy Litigation · Noah H. Huffstetler III | Administrative Law/Regulatory Law, Appellate Law, Bet-the-Company Law, Commercial Litigation, Healthcare Law, Antitrust Litigation, Regulatory Enforcement (SEC Telecom, Energy) Litigation · Patricia A. Markus | Healthcare Law · Charles H. Mercer Jr. | Tax Law · Donna R. Rascoe | Education Law · George M. Teague | Government Relations Law · Robert L. Wilson Jr. | Healthcare Law

15 Tharrington Smith Attorneys Included in The Best Lawyers in America© 2017 Tharrington Smith LLP is pleased to announce that 15 of its lawyers have been included in the 2017 edition of Best Lawyers in America©. Additionally, the Tharrington Smith firm has been included in Best Lawyers in America’s Top Listed Awards statewide for Criminal Defense: White Collar in North Carolina (five lawyers listed) and Family Law in North Carolina (seven lawyers listed). Both of those practice sections are included in the Raleigh area Metro Awards. Tharrington Smith is additionally recognized as a Top Listed Metro Award winner in the Criminal Defense: General Practice in Raleigh (three lawyers listed) category. Representing the firm are: · Hill Allen | White Collar Criminal Defense · Jonathan Blumberg | Education Section · Lynn Burleson | Famly Law · Melissa Hill | White Collar Criminal Defense · Evan Horwitz | Famly Law · Jill Jackson | Famly Law · Doug Kingsbery | Bet-the-Company Litigation, Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation, White Collar Criminal Defense · Steve Mansbery | Famly Law · Jaye Meyer | Famly Law · Fred Morelock | Famly Law, Famiy Law Mediation · Randall Roden | Bet-the-Company Litigation, Intellectual Property · Roger Smith Jr. | Non-White Collar Criminal Defense · Roger Smith Sr.| Appellate Practice, White Collar Criminal Defense · Wade Smith | Civil Litigation, Bet-the-Company Litigation, White Collar Criminal Defense · Alice Stubbs | Famly Law

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Tharrington Smith Congratulates Jackson and Stubbs; Welcomes Robinson and Cleevely Tharrington Smith is pleased to announce that Jill Jackson and Alice Stubbs have been inducted into the fellowship of the American Academy of Matrimonial Attorneys.

The firm would also like to welcome Patricia Robinson and Gretchen Cleevely to the firm’s education law section.

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THE LUNCH WITH A LAWYER PROGRAM is now 22 years old collaborating with the Summer Youth Employment Program of City of Raleigh. This year 145 lawyers were matched with 145 youths of the community to share their lunch, dreams, ideas, and interests.

This year marks also the 29th year of service to the City of Raleigh for Dwayne Patterson.

He has been during the past four years the Director of Community Service Department (now called Community Engagement Division) of which the Summer Employment program is a part. Under his guidance Cathey Ector has been running the Summer Employment program during the past four years and collaborated with the Wake County Bar Association in support of the Lunch with a Lawyer program. On August 12, 2016, at Carolina Pines Community Center, the Lunch with a Lawyer closed its 22nd year, with 145 lawyer and youth participants .

“Reach Out and Touch Someone and it will make a difference,” said Paul Suhr, who has run the “Lunch with a Lawyer” program for the past 22 years. He said that this was the principle which started the program and makes it going. “Look at a slow motion picture of a seed sprouting,” he said. “It reaches out and touch. And it will eventually become a beautiful tree. Force that reaches out and touches makes us grow. Remember this when you start a new school year, ‘Reach out and Touch Someone, and It Will Make a Difference. It will make you grow up. Have a wonderful year! ’”

Paul Suhr presents a bouquet to Dwayne Patterson

Dwayne Patterson served as Director of Community Service Department (Community Engagement Division) for more than four years and worked for the City for more than twenty eight years. He graduated from NC State University in 1987. In his remarks to about 200 students and parents attending Mr. Patterson said, “Excellence is a habit, a product of persistently repeated acts,” quoting from Greek philosopher Aristotle.

He supported the Lunch with a Lawyer program as head of the Summer Youth Employment program in the past and instrumental in successful collaboration with the Wake County Bar Association for the program. Suhr said Patterson has personified excellence in his service to the community.

We are thankful to the 145 lawyers that volunteered their time to have lunch with the youth of our community, sharing their thoughts, ideas, dreams and interests. The program started in the summer of 1995 as an informal mentorship program with the idea that casual encounters often make indelible impression on the minds of impressionable youths. While chairing the Human Relations and Human Resources Committee for the City, Suhr observed so many youths in the adult courtrooms. He thought that youth without meaningful employment would not likely know what to do with their time and would likely fall for mischief.

From left to right: Tyra Peterson, attorney Neubia Harris, attorney Tom Harris,

Seeing the Summer Youth Employment program successfully run at the Michael Harper and attorney Josh McIntyre.

Community Services Department of City of Raleigh, he proposed to the Wake County Bar Association for a volunteer program for lunch with local youth each summer in collaboration with the City’s program. The primary aim of the program was to provide the youth with an opportunity to meet with a professional during the summer. Walter Brock who chaired the Public Service Committee of the Wake County Bar Association agreed.

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Raleigh’s Summer Youth Employment program is progeny to Comprehensive Employment Training Act of 1973 signed into law by President Nixon. The program offered work to those with low incomes and the long term unemployed as well as summer jobs to low income high school students. Full-time jobs were provided for a period of 12 to 24 months in public agencies or private nonprofit organizations. The intent was to impart a marketable skill that would allow participants to move to an unsubsidized job. One summer the Bar Association introduced former Chief Justice Mitchell as an inspirational speaker to the youth. He told them that he himself did not know what else to do but hang around on the street corner with his buddies when he was their age until he joined the U.S. Marines. He said he met his best friend in the service – an African-American who later became a GM executive. Judge Mitchell credits this marine for “straightening him out for good.” The youth gathered marveled at the Chief Justice’s arms covered with tattoos from the time of his service to the Marines.

The Wake County Bar Association’s Lunch with a Lawyer program has, in the past, introduced community youth to some famous judges and lawyers including, but not limited to, Burley Mitchell, Henry Frye, Mark Martin, James Wynn, John Edwards, G. K. Butterfield, Sid Eagles, Colon Willoughby, Howard Manning, Paul Ridgeway, Cheri Beasley, Patricia Timmons-Goodson and Charles Meeker.

Wake County Bar Association would like to thank the following lawyers in making this year’s Lunch with a Lawyer program a success: Robin Anderson Cheri Beasley Allison Becker Brian O. Beverly Sarah Blair Victor Boone Richard Boyette Jeffrey Boykin Clark J. Brewer Amy Broughton Brittany Brown Patrick Buffkin E. Ann Christian Donna Cohen Craig Croom Meredith Cross Woofer Davidson Jacob Davis Valyce Davis Bob De Rosset Kimberly Dixon Rita B. Dorry Ashleigh Parker Dunston Sid Eagles Letitia Echols Niya Fonville Andrea Fowler Beth Froehling Charles George Caitlin M. Goforth Jefferson Griffin Alexandra Gruber Angela Haas Kristi Haddock Robin Hammon Andrew Harris Neubia Harris

Tom Harris Christopher Heaney Jessica Heffner Tamika Henderson Leah M. Hermiller Deborah Hildebran Kendra Hill Greg Horner Kim Howes Alisa Huffman Jay Mack Jenkins Stephanie Jenkins M. Keith Kapp George Kelly III Julia Kirkpatrick Meghan Knight Seth Lawrence Robert Lewis John Mabe Marc Macenko Steven MacGilvray Antoine Marshall M. Moseley Matheson Jorge Matta Christine McAplin Ann McColl Shawndria McCoy Lacy Mae McDowell Josh McIntyre Beth McKay William McKinney Patrick Meacham Jordan Mendez Louis Meyer Jeffrey Monroe Clayton Morgan Atiya Mosley

Joseph Nett Douglas Noreen Ana Nunez Will Owens Zach Padget Jane Paksoy Shawn Parker Ernie Pearson Mary Kathryn Perkinson David Peters J. Heydt Philbeck Stacy A. Phillips Tony Pinkston Ebony Pittman

Jon Powell Richard Prosser Yvonne Pugh Will Quick Stacy Race Anita Richardson Paul Ridgeway Emily Robinson Dekhasta Rozier Diane Rupprecht Erin Scott David Senter Ashish K. Sharda Brian Sherrick

Katherine Slayer Leigh L. Stallings Gray Styers Paul A. Surh Elizabeth L. Sydnor Kati Terri Deonte Thomas Deanne Thorne Carrie Tortora Jason Tuttle Lindsay Underwood Amy Vakovich David Venable Hannah Vigoda

Bob Walker Melissa Walker Patrick Wallace Emily Weatherford Lemuel Whitsett Katherine Wilkerson Mary E. Wilson Tim Wilson McKinley Wooten Harriet Worley William Zeke Creech Boz Zellinger

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The 2016 Bar Awards Mentorship. Marsupials. Mirth.

The WCBA’s Bar Awards is scheduled for November 3 at the North Carolina Museum of History and benefits Legal Aid of North Carolina. The Bar Awards is wonderful celebration of our local bar involving a silent auction and variety show. Several hundred Wake County Attorneys and their spouses attend.

As you know, Legal Aid provides free legal services in civil matters to low-income people in order to ensure equal access to justice. Legal Aid’s funding has been cut significantly in recent years and needs our help! Last year’s Bar Awards raised over $60,000 for Legal Aid, and we hope to raise more this year!

The Bar Awards and Silent Auction has been a great success due to the talented musicians, singers, actors, host, script writers, producers and others involved in the show, as well as people such as yourself – who generously support, attend, sponsor and donate items for the event. Will you consider donating an item to the Silent Auction?

In the past, individual attorneys have generously donated tickets to theater, games, or other events, the use of a beach or mountain house, wine, art, or even a private musical performance or home-cooked specialty. All donations are processed through the Wake County Bar Foundation and are tax deductible.

If you are interested in donating, please contact Executive Director Whitney von Haam at 919-657-1572 or whitney@wakecountybar.org. Additionally, Whitney can answer any questions about the event or help you with sponsorship.

Thank you for your consideration. Please let me know if you need any further information from me to take this request under consideration.

The 2016 Bar Awards

a Fundraiser for Legal Aid of North Carolina

Thursday, November 3, 2016 5:30 p.m. Silent Auction 7 p.m. Curtain North Carolina Museum of History Tickets available for $25 or 2/$40.

Sponsorship opportunities available. www.wakecountybar.org

Mentorship. Marsupials. Mirth.

Thanks to our sponsor, Attorney at Law Magazine.

The North Carolina Museum of History does not sponsor or endorse this event.

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS THE NEWEST MEMBERS APPROVED AT THE AUGUST 2016 MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Elias Admassu Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo LLP Richard Allen | Richard D. Allen, Attorney at Law Anitra K. Brown Anitra K. Brown Legal and Consulting Services Bryan Clausing | Sprague Law, PLLC Danny “Haynes” Dallas Jr. Sjaan “Liles” Demmink Carolyn A. Dubay NC Judicial Standards Commission Whitney Duhaime | Legal Aid of NC Helpline Richard “Kyle” Evans Amy L. Funderburk Clifton “Douglas” Green Susan H. “Sue” Haberberger Young Moore & Henderson PA Katye Marie Jobe | Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP

YLD NEWS

2016 YLD OFFICERS PRESIDENT: BRODIE ERWIN SECRETARY/PRESIDENT ELECT: SAM FLEDER TREASURER: LAUREN GOLDEN

Charles Evan Shelton Lohr | Lohr and Lohr PLLC Steven Lundberg | Sessoms & Rogers, PA Jennifer P. May-Parker United States Attorney’s Office Tiffanie Charise Meyers The Law Office of Tiffanie C. Meyers Thomas Otis “Tom” Murry Administrative Office of the Courts Jacob Reid “Jake” Parrott III | Ward and Smith, PA John Perna | Perna Law Firm Tyler J. Russell | Ward and Smith, PA Dawn Stachler | Solo Practitioner William Anthony Whitehead Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo LLP Jaime Delrae Lester Williams Schiller & Schiller PLLC Augustus Drewry “Gus” Willis IV

REMAINING HEALING TRANSITIONS LEGAL SEMINARS Women’s Center | November 1, 2016 Men’s Center | December 6, 2016

NOTICE OF YLD OFFICER ELECTIONS FOR 2017 THE YOUNG LAWYERS DIVISION will conduct its annual meeting for the election of the offices of Secretary and Treasurer for 2017 in conjunction with its year-end social on Thursday, Dec. 1, at Isaac Hunter’s Tavern, 414 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, NC. Ballots will be available between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. All YLD members in good standing have a right to attend the meeting and to be heard on the issue of the election of the Secretary and Treasurer, subject to such reasonable time limitations as may be established by the YLD Board of Directors. Voting shall be conducted by secret written ballot.

No proxy voting shall be allowed.

Nominations for Secretary (which also functions as the YLD’s president-elect) and Treasurer are being accepted now through December 1 and should be submitted to the immediate past president, James Hash, at james@eghlaw.com, or to the current president, Brodie Erwin, at brodie.erwin@ogletreedeakins.com. Please contact either Brodie Erwin or James Hash with any questions regarding the election.

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING UPCOMING WAKE WOMEN ATTORNEYS' EVENTS! Everyone is welcome!

JULY 21- Special Evening Event and Summer Social - Details Coming Soon!

AUGUST 11 - "The Confidence Code" Speaker Luncheon starts at 12pm at RYE Southern Bar and Kitchen - Downtown Raleigh. Buffet Lunch.

SEPTEMBER 8- CLE "Legislative Update" at Mia Francesca, North Hills (starts at 12pm).

SEPTEMBER - Date TBD - Swearing In at the Court of Appeals for newly licensed female Wattorneys, A K E WReception O M E NtoAfollow.

TTORNEYS UPCOMIN G EVENTS OCTOBER 13 - Lunch at Campbell Law School with special guest speaker Professor Melissa Essary MARK on the importance of strong female leadership within the legal pr ofession with a YOUR CALENDARS NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING UPCOMING possible judicial candidates symposium.

WAKE WOMEN ATTORNEYS' EVENTS! Everyone is welcome!

OCTOBER 27 - Special Evening Event Wake Women of the Year Award and Fundraising Benefit. Seeking silent auction items, JULY 21- and Special Evening Event Summerevent!

SocialContact - Details Coming sponsors vendors to make this and a successful us to help! Soon!

AUGUST 11 - "The Confidence Code" SpeakerLuncheon Luncheon- starts 12pmLunch at RYE SouthernAgora Bar NOVEMBER 10 - Thanksgiving Networking FamilyatStyle at Taverna and Kitchenstarting - Downtown Raleigh. Buffet Lunch.

Restaurant at noon.

SEPTEMBER "Legislative at Mia Francesca, Hills (starts at 12pm).

DECEMBER 88-- CLE Ethics CLE with Update" Deanna Brocker.

Top Ten North Ways to Avoid a Bar Complaint with a Q&A at Mia Francesca: North Hills. Starts at noon SEPTEMBER - Date TBD - Swearing In at the Court of Appeals for newly licensed female attorneys, Reception to follow.

DECEMBER 8 - Elections for 2017 Board of Directors Join our e-mail list or go to our website for OCTOBER 13 - events Lunch at Campbell Law School with special guest speaker Professor Melissa updates on our and lunches.

Essary on the importance of strong female leadership within the legal pr ofession with a possible judicial candidates symposium.

OCTOBER 27 - Special Evening Event Wake Women of the Year Award and Fundraising Benefit. Seeking silent auction items, sponsors and vendors to make this a successful event! Contact us to help!

Contact Tiffany A. Lesnik, tiffany@lesnik-law.com NOVEMBER 10 - Thanksgiving Networking Luncheon - Family Style Lunch at Taverna Agora starting at for Restaurant more information ornoon. to sponsor an event!

DECEMBER 8 -atEthics CLE with Deanna Brocker. Top Ten Ways to Avoid a Bar Complaint Sponsorships start just $100.00. with a Q&A at Mia Francesca: North Hills. Starts at noon Like us on facebook!

DECEMBER 8 - Elections for 2017 Board of Directors http://www.ncawa.org/index.php/get-involved/chapters/wake-women-attorneys-wwa Join our e-mail list or go to our website for updates on our events and lunches.

2017 YLD SPRING CONFERENCE SAVE-THE-DATE MARK YOUR CALENDARS for the 2017 YLD Spring Conference! April 7, 2017.

Tiffany A. Lesnik, JoinContact the Young Lawyers Division next springtiffany@lesnik-law.com for an exciting program that will focus on topics designed to cultivate effective business development skills and enhance your practice as a young lawyer. Connect with other young lawyers at our networking lunch and at our after-work social for more information or to sponsor an event! following the Conference. Admission is FREE! If you are interested in receiving about the Conference, or for more information, please contact David Senter at dsenter@youngmoorelaw.

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WAKE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION PO Box 3686, Cary, NC 27519-3686

WCBA BASKETBALL SIGN-UP CHARLES BRANDON HUNT LAWYER’S BASKETBALL LEAGUE 2017 The 2017 League will start on January 14, 2017, and will again be located at the J.D. Lewis Multipurpose Center, located at 2245 Garner Road, Raleigh.

How Do You Sign Up?

Go to the Wake County Bar Association website and click on the item on Dec. 31 that lists “WCBA Basketball League.” Online sign-ups must be completed by December 31.

Questions can be directed to Commissioner Ryan Oxendine at ryan@oxendinebarnes.com or 919-848-4333. WBF