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James Maynard (Jim) Talley Jr. of Charlotte, who served as president of the North Carolina Bar Association and Foundation in 1994-95, died on October 16 at the age of 87. Talley was born in Durham and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1959 with a B.S. in Industrial Relations. He served in the U.S. Navy…

The North Carolina Bar Association provides a compilation of swearing-in ceremonies across the state, using information provided by local bar organizations and law schools. In addition, soon-to-be admitted attorneys may wish to familiarize themselves with information on the N.C. State Bar website regarding admission to the bar. Newly admitted members of the N.C. State Bar receive their first two years…

Kimberly H. Stogner of Womble Bond Dickinson in Winston-Salem has been installed as the 130th president of the North Carolina Bar Association. The swearing-in ceremony took place on Friday, June 21, at the NCBA Annual Meeting in Charlotte. Stogner will also serve in 2024-25 as president of the North Carolina Bar Foundation. The oath of office was administered by Superior…

Rob Harrington of Robinson Bradshaw in Charlotte has been elected to serve as president-elect of the North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA). The election took place on Friday, June 21, during the NCBA Annual Meeting at the Charlotte Convention Center. Harrington will serve in 2024-25 as president-elect of the NCBA and the North Carolina Bar Foundation (NCBF) and will chair the…

The campaign to endow the Open Door Fund of the North Carolina Bar Foundation is officially underway. Formal announcement of the fundraising drive took place on Friday, June 21, at the North Carolina Bar Association Annual Meeting in Charlotte. NCBA + NCBF Past Presidents Caryn McNeill and Mark Holt, who serve as founding co-chairs of the Open Door Fund and…

Seven new members of the NCBA Board of Governors were elected to three-year terms on Friday, June 21, at the 2024 NCBA Annual Meeting in Charlotte. Their election was made official during the Annual Meeting Business Meeting and Luncheon at the Charlotte Convention Center. Newly elected board members who are beginning three-year terms on the Board of Governors in 2024-25…

Samantha Gordon of McIntyre Elder Law in Charlotte and John Cella Jr. of Ragsdale Liggett in Raleigh have been elected to three-year at-large terms on the North Carolina Bar Foundation Board of Directors, and Jon Heyl of Fox Rothschild in Charlotte has been appointed to a three-year term as chair of the NCBF Endowment Committee. The NCBF Board of Directors…

The North Carolina Bar Association honored the 2024 Legal Legends of Color (LLOC) on Thursday, June 20, at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Charlotte Uptown. The ninth LLOC Awards Celebration was a featured event of the NCBA Annual Meeting. Presented by the Legal Legends of Color Subcommittee of the NCBA Minorities in the Profession Committee, the LLOC Awards “honor attorneys…

The North Carolina Bar Association honored numerous individual and group award winners on Friday, June 21, at the Charlotte Convention Center. The Awards Dinner and Presidential Installation was a featured event of the 2024 NCBA Annual Meeting. The Citizen Lawyer Awards, Pro Bono Awards and Young Lawyers Division Awards were presented along with the Paralegal Division’s Distinguished Paralegal Award and…

The North Carolina Bar Foundation, in partnership with Elon University School of Law, hosted a Wills for Heroes clinic on Saturday, April 13, at Elon Law in Greensboro. A volunteer workforce of nine attorneys, 16 law students and four notaries public produced 79 documents at no cost for 20 grateful first responders and spouses from Guilford County and surrounding areas….