This edition of the North Carolina Pro Bono Resource Center Pro Bono Highlight features Tom Harris, the former Pro Bono Co-Chair of the North Carolina Bar Association Government and Public Sector Section. If the name sounds familiar to attorneys practicing in the Triangle area, it’s no surprise: before recently retiring, Tom did everything from clerking...
Tell me about your regular practice area: Where do you practice and what do you do? What do you love most about your job? I am part of the transactional Intellectual Property Practice Group at Parker Poe in Raleigh, NC. Our group works on a variety of deals involving the licensing or development of intellectual...
Tell me about your regular practice area: Where do you practice and what do you do? What do you love most about your job? I practice in the Winston-Salem office of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP. I am a healthcare attorney, focusing primarily on certificate of need matters and litigation. My favorite thing about...
Mapping Reveals Extreme Racial Disparities in North Carolina Driver’s License Suspensions, New Website Offers Drivers Help RALEIGH — Using court data in combination with Geographic Information Systems tools, the North Carolina Pro Bono Resource Center (NCPBRC) has created “When Debt Takes the Wheel,” a story map project that reveals extreme racial disparities in North Carolina driver’s license...
–Tell me about your regular practice area: Where do you practice and what do you do? What do you love most about your job? I primarily practice in the areas of corporate law, contracts, estate planning, and civil litigation (real property, business and commercial disputes). Although based in Durham, my law practice is statewide, with...
Tell me about your regular practice area: Where do you practice and what do you do? What do you love most about your job? I am the firm’s first pro bono director. I am responsible for supporting and guiding pro bono leaders in all of our offices, sustaining and growing our pro bono partnerships with...
GlaxoSmithKline Attorneys Seek to Build Healthy Communities Through Pro Bono Work The multinational pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline saw its global pro bono program volunteers increase to 49 legal department members in 2019, a 77% increase from the prior year. Click Here to Read More
Tell me about your regular practice area: Where do you practice and what do you do? What do you love most about your job? I practice in workers’ compensation defense in Wilmington, NC with Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo LLP. Specifically, my work allows me the opportunity to help many small businesses navigate claims and...
Tell me about your regular practice area: Where do you practice and what do you do? What do you love most about your job? I’m an Assistant Public Defender with the Mecklenburg County Public Defender’s Office. Currently, I represent people charged with misdemeanors and property related felonies who can’t afford to hire an attorney. What...
Tell me about your regular practice area: Where do you practice and what do you do? What do you love most about your job? I am an Assistant Public Defender in Mecklenburg County. I have worked here since graduating from Wake Forest School of Law in 2016. I represent indigent clients who have been charged...
