CHARGE IT: Former state Rep. Thomas Wright's 2008 obstruction of justice conviction came on a made-up charge, his lawyer argued before an N.C. Court of Appeals panel Monday. An attorney for the state told the judges that the charge fit well with Wright's actions. (N&O)
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U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield has $231,643 in his campaign account, according to federal election records.
Butterfield, a Wilson Democrat, received $66,929 in individual contributions and $207,812 from political action committees through September.
Contributors include Arthur R. Collins of Arlington, Va., president of Public Private Partnership ($2,400); lawyers Thomas [...]
Former Lt. Gov. Dennis Wicker and his team of government relations lawyers and consultants are moving to a new law firm today.
The Wicker crew is slated to set up shop with Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, where Wicker will join as a partner. Wicker is leaving Columbus, Ohio-based [...]
The State Board of Elections has finished for the day and intends to begin discussing the case in closed session Thursday morning.
Board chairman Larry Leake told lawyers he expected the board to emerge from their closed session at 9:45 a.m.
The day was a slog through details of how the [...]
The State Board of Elections allowed lawyers to make closing statements in the Gov. Mike Easley campaign finance hearings.
John Wallace, an attorney for Easley's campaign committee:
THE CAR: Easley and his campaign have paid more than $25,000 for the use of a GMC Yukon that neither Easley, nor [...]
Amazing! It appears that the Easley lawyers are trying to prove that Republican candidates took flights that were not reported. I guess Mike Easley’s mother never taught him that just because everybody else is doing something doesn’t make it right! And, this from a former Prosecuter/Attorney General/Governor.
They really should have compared apples [...]
There's a bad recession on, but there's a lot of billable hours being added up in the State Board of Elections hearing room.
Whatever comes of the Gov. Mike Easley hearings, the proceeding has given a boost to a bunch of lawyers.
Gov. Mike Easley has his lawyer, [...]
Barbara Weyher is the new president of the N.C. State Bar, the organization that licenses and regulates lawyers.
Weyher, who succeeds John McMillan of Raleigh, is only the second woman to hold the job, according to a news release.
Weyher is a founding partner of Yates, [...]
Kenneth Lewis has $184,000 through the end of September.
According to federal election records through the third quarter, Lewis has raised $264,816 in his bid to win the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate and challenge Republican Sen. Richard Burr.
Notable contributors include several lawyers at [...]
Lawyers for state Sen. Julia Boseman's former partner have asked the state Supreme Court to reconsider a Court of Appeals ruling in the couple's adoption custody case.
Boseman, a Wilmington Democrat, and Melissa Jarrell, were in court over whether Boseman's adoptoin of Jarrell's child was legal. Jarrell, a former [...]
