Weekly Bar Briefs, 2-7-2023

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 Read more

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 Read more

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 Read more

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 Read more

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 Read more

Mr. Thomas Taylor of Bluffton, SC, was sworn in to practice in North Carolina by Judge Edwin Clontz on Friday, March 3, 2023.

Area law firm has an immediate need for a full-time paralegal/administrative assistant in their Marshall office.  Applicants should be multi-task oriented, have excellent written and oral communication skills, and be able to function well in a fast-paced environment. The responsibilities include supporting attorneys by managing calendars, creating, proofing, editing, revising, and printing correspondence, memoranda, and Read more

Position title: Tribal Prosecutor II – Office of the Attorney General (L17 $72,127 – $96,169) Location: Cherokee, NC Main Duties: Prosecutes criminal and juvenile charges in Cherokee Court. Provides assistance and advice to investigators in the field at crime scenes and during investigations. Assists in training Cherokee Police Department in the investigation techniques and the development Read more

Allen Stahl + Kilbourne, PLLC is seeking a Front Desk Receptionist with strong communication skills and a friendly attitude to be the Firm’s first point of contact for clients, prospective clients, and visitors. Responsibilities: • Greeting clients and visitors • Answering and routing incoming calls on a multi-line telephone system and taking messages • Scheduling Read more

Paralegal needed for litigation firm in Asheville. Practice areas are Family Law, Workers Compensation, Employment Discrimination, and Personal Injury. Duties include contacting and screening potential client leads, scheduling consultations, answering telephones, greeting clients, posting appointments, court appearances, and deadlines to management system, typing legal documents and correspondence, maintaining electronic and paper files, communicating with clients, Read more

Plan now to join us for our February Bar Luncheon at the Asheville Social Hall, 81 Broadway Street. Local attorney Meghann Burke will offer her perspective on the evolution of the National Women’s Soccer League Players Association as domestic women’s professional soccer players took their power back to negotiate the first-ever Collective Bargaining Agreement in Read more

Join us for lunch as Thomas Amburgey and Sean Devereaux facilitate a discussion about the Alex Murdaugh murder trial in South Carolina. All Buncombe Bar members are welcome to attend and order a boxed lunch from us, bring your lunch, or simply join us to hear the program and enjoy a complementary soft drink. We Read more

How does a busy attorney find the time to write a book, get it published, and promote it? Join us for our April Bar Luncheon to hear two of our members discuss the joys and challenges of living in both the legal and the literary world.  At the luncheon, Attorney Frank Goldsmith will moderate a Read more