Dan McLawhorn is the fourth recipient of the NCBA Administrative Law Section’s Administrative Law Award for Excellence. McLawhorn serves as Senior Associate Attorney for the City of Raleigh, where he has served since 2003. He served as Special Deputy Attorney General in the N.C. Attorney General’s Office from 1980-2003 and as General Counsel for the N.C. Department of Environment &…
Catharine Biggs Arrowood of Raleigh is the 12th recipient of The Advocate’s Award. Presented as merited by the Litigation Section of the North Carolina Bar Association, the award recognizes “superstars” of the section and the legal profession. (Read the initial press release on the Litigation Section blog.) Arrowood served as president of the North Carolina Bar Association and North Carolina…
This story was originally published on the NCBA Minorities in the Profession Committee blog. The word “change” has various definitions, but my favorite expression of change is “to shift; to undergo transformation or transition.” We can certainly say that “change” is inevitable in all aspects of our lives. Thus far in 2020 alone, we have witnessed how COVID-19 and other…
The Juvenile Justice & Children’s Rights Section has presented the 2020 Children’s Champion Award to LaToya Powell.
Congressman Mike McIntyre has been selected to receive the 2020 Liberty Bell Award by the NCBA Young Lawyers Division.
The NCBA Government & Public Sector Section presented the Grainger Barrett Award for Excellence to Al Benshoff on April 24.
The winners of the NCBA’s 2020 Pro Bono Awards have been selected.
Robert A. (Bob) Beason of Durham is the 2020 recipient of the Dispute Resolution Section’s Peace Award.
M. Ann Anderson received the Labor and Employment Law Section’s Distinguished Practitioner and Service Award.
The Business Law Section presented the first Alfred L. Purrington III Memorial Public Service Award to William G. Pappas.