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This firm recently won a decision in Ryan v. Ryan, a family law case revolving around a custody dispute. We were able to successfully argue that the...

There is perhaps no greater show of respect for a lawyer than to be asked by another lawyer to come on a case. I find this to be particularly true...

There may be no truer example of the adage "no case too small" that this firm's most recent appellate win in Franklin v. Palmer. Our client owned a...

This firm recently won a criminal appeal in the case of State v. Andre Lester. Mr. Lester had been convicted of statutory rape of a child, statutory...

For those of you who read this blog, you may recall the post I made just a couple months ago about expecting the unexpected: LINK In that post, I...

The N.C. Court of Appeals considers cases in panels of three judges. That means that three judges, randomly grouped together for a period of time,...

The issues in an appeal are usually controlled by the appealing party (the appellant), with some modification which arise from the response of the...

I recently had a wonderful long weekend in Charlotte at the North Carolina Advocates for Justice (NCAJ) convention. Like any legal convention we had...

If you've read this website and familiarized yourself with my background, you know that I practice exclusively in appellate law. All state appeals...