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PAST-PRESIDENT DEWEY WELLS HONORED FOR CONSERVATION EFFORTS
NCBA Past-President Dewey Wells has been awarded the state’s highest civilian honor – the Order of the Long Leaf Pine – for 35 years of volunteer efforts on behalf of nature conservation, including 20 years on the Board of Trustees of the N.C. National Heritage Trust Fund. A Blowing Rock resident who practices with Womble Carlyle in Winston-Salem, Wells helped establish the trust fund in 1987. He served as president of the NCBA in 1980-81 while residing in Elizabeth City, where he practiced for 27 years. Click here from coverage from the firm; access Winston-Salem Journal coverage via the link below.
http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173353270091

IN MEMORIAM
Stephen P. Millikin, 81, and Judge Richard Brown Allsbrook, 78, two icons of the legal profession who traced their lifelong friendship back to their Halifax County roots, have died. Allsbrook, a former NCBA vice president who served as Resident Superior Court Judge for the Sixth Judicial District from 1978-2000, died Friday; services were held Monday in Roanoke Rapids. Millikin, 81, died Monday in Greensboro, where services will take place this week. Visitation is scheduled Wednesday evening from 5:30-7:30 at Hanes-Lineberry Funeral Home, 515 N. Elm St.; the funeral will take place Thursday at 2 p.m. at the West Market Street Methodist Church. Access the link below for additional information.
http://www.ncbar.org/membership/memoriam/index.aspx

INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES: LINGUISTIC LIE DETECTION SET NOV. 9
With the Information Age comes information overload: cable news channels operating 24/7 while the Internet bombards us constantly. Sifting through the clutter to find the right information that we need is essential; it’s also the focal point of an important CLE program coming your way Nov. 9 at the N.C. Bar Center. Investigative Techniques: Linguistic Lie Detection features Nejolla Korris, widely acclaimed for her expertise in lie detection, fraud prevention and investigation, and workplace fraud. Access the link below for more information and register now to master the art of information analysis.
https://www.ncbar.org/cle/programs/index.aspx?id=394ITP&type=M&type=M&type=M&type=M&type=M

LATEST “COMPLETE LAWYER” INCLUDES KIM GALLIMORE INTERVIEW
The November/December issue of The Complete Lawyer: NCBA Edition is accessible via the link below and as a Featured Item on the NCBA Web site. The new edition, “Viewing the Law In 2020,” includes an interview with NCBA member Kim Gallimore, immediate past chair of the Real Property Section, in conjunction with the online publication’s ongoing series on “What Makes Lawyers Successful.”
http://northcarolina.thecompletelawyer.com/volume3/issue6/index.php

WAKE HAS NEW CHIEF DISTRICT COURT JUDGE STARTING THURSDAY
Veteran District Court Judge Robert Rader has been named to succeed Joyce “Joy” Hamilton as Chief District Court Judge for Wake County, Chief Justice Sarah Parker announced Tuesday. Hamilton, who became the first woman elected to serve as judge in Wake County in 1986, is retiring Wednesday. In a related matter, District Court Judge Joe Buckner of Orange and Chatham counties, a speaker at Chief Justice Parker’s recent Summit on Civil Access to Justice in N.C., has been elected president of the N.C. Association of District Court Judges; click here for details.
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/wake/story/754414.html

WEB SITE OF THE WEEK
Did you know that Casemaker incorporates a thesaurus function in its search engine? Casemaker’s little-known thesaurus function can provide users with expanded search capabilities. By placing a tildé (~) immediately before a search word (no spaces allowed), users can find synonyms for keywords. The thesaurus function can also be used in conjunction with other search parameters such as AND, OR, NOT, PHRASE, and SUFFIX EXPANSION searches. Access the link below to begin your legal research. Casemaker is a member benefit sponsored exclusively by Lawyers Insurance Agency.
http://www.ncbar.org/casemaker/index.aspx