Weekly Bar Briefs, 4-4-2023

The Executive Committee invites your nomination of members of the Buncombe County Bar to receive the 2023 Centennial, Professionalism, Distinguished Young Lawyer and Lifetime Achievement Awards. Awards are presented at our annual meeting, which this year is June 7, 2023. The deadline for submitting nominations is Friday, April 28, 2023. The North Carolina Bar Association Read more

View photos from the March 24, 2023 retirement ceremony & reception for Steven Cogburn.

The Buncombe County Bar invites nominations for President-Elect, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and three members of the Executive Committee for the 2023-2024 fiscal year. Suggestions for persons to fill these vacancies are welcome. Nominations can be mailed to the Bar Administrator, P.O. Box 7391, Asheville, NC  28802 or emailed to admin@BuncombeBar.com, and must be received by Read more

Lawyers often limit the kinds of matters that they handle 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 Read more

On Thursday, April 20, 2023, UNCA will welcome Robyn Gigl (attorney and author) for a talk about current and proposed laws that impact the trans community in school, work, prisons, and spaces of public accommodation.  Ms. Gigl will be joined on a panel by members of the New Jersey Supreme Court’s Committee on Diversity, Inclusion, 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

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

Recommendation wanted: Asheville/WNC Couriers, who can assist with the copying of court filings (either electronically via a USB drive or hard copies) on an as-needed basis. Please send referrals and recommendations to: CourierHelp2023@gmail.com

Community Economic Development Attorney Hybrid remote work schedule: 3 days in office/field and 2 days remote Base office can be at any of our offices located in our 18-county Western North Carolina region Position Status: Full-Time FLSA Status: Exempt Job Posting Pisgah Legal Services (PLS) is a community-based non-profit legal aid agency governed by a Read more

The NC Administrative Office of the Courts seeks a qualified individual to provide administrative and case management duties for the Superior Court Judges in Buncombe County. Duties include, but are not limited to, the following: Compose and prepare a variety of materials, including correspondence, reports, and legal documents. Track the status of cases, prepare and distribute Read more

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 investigation techniques and development 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 three 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

The Executive Committee of the Buncombe County Bar meets monthly to conduct the organization’s business. All members are welcome to attend. If you would like to attend this virtual meeting, please email Bar Administrator Lisa-Gaye Hall at admin@BuncombeBar.com for the link to the meeting.

Plan now to join us for our May Bar Luncheon to celebrate our Pro Bono volunteers at the Asheville Social Hall, 81 Broadway Street. We are excited to bestow awards and honors on the members who so richly deserve our thanks! All Buncombe Bar members are welcome to attend, and order a boxed lunch from Read more

All Bar members and their families are invited to the Bar’s Spring Picnic at the Smoky Park Supper Club. We look forward to seeing you all at this beautiful outdoor picnic spot on the French Broad River. The menu will feature grilled meat and veggies to order, along with grilled fingerling potatoes and fresh green Read more