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President’s Message
Welcome. I am excited to serve as president this year and build upon the goals of the past leadership. We will look for new ways to serve the members of our Bar and to promote professionalism, civility, and collegiality among our members. … Read More
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Retirement Ceremony & Reception for Superior Court Clerk Steve Cogburn
The Buncombe Bar is hosting a retirement ceremony and reception for Superior Court Clerk Steve Cogburn on Friday, March 24th at 4pm. The ceremony will take place in the fifth floor courtroom, with a reception afterwards. The reception will be held in the rotunda outside the Clerk’s office in the courthouse. All Bar members are [...]Court Navigator Pilot Program Launches at Buncombe County Courthouse
As part of a widespread effort to reduce instances of missed court dates and offer more support to justice-impacted individuals, Buncombe County Justice Services is launching a Court Navigator pilot program. Justice Services is happy to welcome Betsy Chavez to the Court Navigator role. Chavez is bilingual (fluent in Spanish and English) and will serve as [...]NC Board Certification Notice
Lawyers often limit the kinds of matters that they handle in order to acquire expertise in a specific field of law. Board certification provides formal recognition of that concentration of knowledge and experience. Although the requirements vary from one specialty area to the next, the minimum standards for certification as a board certified specialist include [...]
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Sign Up for Pisgah Legal Services’ Batched Pro Bono Will Program
Sign up to accept 2-3 will cases when it works for you! Through Pisgah Legal Services’ Batched Wills Program volunteer attorneys sign up to receive 2-3 pro bono will referrals in a particular month of the year. We send you the cases at the beginning of the month and you contact the client at your [...]Free Incompetency and Guardianship 101 CLE
Pisgah Legal Services receives more requests from low-income clients for assistance with adult guardianship matters than we can refer to our current pro bono attorneys. Typical scenarios include: A parent seeks guardianship of an adult disabled child. A spouse seeks guardianship of their partner who has lost the ability to make or carry out decisions about [...]Nominate a Paralegal for the 2023 Exemplary Pro Bono Paralegal Award
The Buncombe County Bar seeks to honor a local paralegal or legal assistant who has made exemplary contributions to support pro bono legal work for low-income people in Western North Carolina. The Pro Bono Committee of the Bar will present the 2023 Exemplary Pro Bono Paralegal Award at its annual pro bono celebration on May [...]Thomas Taylor Sworn In
Mr. Thomas Taylor of Bluffton, SC, was sworn in to practice in North Carolina by Judge Edwin Clontz on Friday, March 3, 2023.Harold E. Kaplan, Volunteers For NC Mock Trial Regionals
Harold E. Kaplan, principal of Kaplan Arbitration located in Fairview, NC, which focuses exclusively on nationwide arbitration of health care and contract disputes and arbitration case consultation, recently served as a scoring juror for the 2023 North Carolina Mock Trial Program’s regionals held in Hendersonville, NC. He also continues to be a volunteer attorney for [...]
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