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For those who may have been reading this blog for a long time, you may recall our winning appeal a few years ago involving a condominium...

Most people know that lawyers are organized into county-level groups called "bar associations," which perform all manner of duties from facilitating...

One of the real perks of being an appellate lawyer is that I have the opportunity to just READ -- read all of the crazy stories about life that work...

I don't know how many law firm webpages I've read where the lawyers tout their absolute relentlessness. "I'll fight for you!" "When you need a...

An old law schools classmate of mine, and current criminal defense attorney, has recently begun a criminal law podcast. Her first episode...

I appeared for another oral argument recently, and it was my second in two weeks. That's relatively unusual in the appellate world; very few cases...

What does it look like when a case has oral arguments? Take a look at this recent argument by this firm at the N.C. Supreme Court: Oral Arguments...

In Part I, I laid out the arguments for the election of judges. Today I take the other side, arguing for the appointment of judges. Appointing...

As election season approaches, many people do not think about the races below the one for President. Yet in North Carolina we elect our judges, and...