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Melissa Forshey Schwind, Ward and Smith’s Director of Attorney Talent, is serving on the Professional Development Institute (PDI) Conference Planning Team for the 2025 program.…

This past week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents conducted coordinated enforcement operations across major cities in North Carolina, sparking public outcry, widespread…

Ward and Smith was proud to sponsor the 2025 NC Craft Brewers Conference (NCCBC), the Southeast’s premier gathering for craft brewing professionals. This year’s…

  You have to work really hard to file a Chapter 11 case that gets dismissed from the jump. Bankruptcy courts tend to bend…

Ward and Smith is excited to sponsor the 2025 Beau’s Buddies Turkey Trot for Tots, taking place Thanksgiving morning—Thursday, November 27, 2025—starting at Fleet…

2025 is the 100th anniversary of the General Assembly’s establishment of the North Carolina Licensing Board for General Contractors (“NCLBGC”). Due to the shortcomings…

Ward and Smith has once again earned Benchmark Litigation’s “Recommended” status for dispute resolution in North Carolina and continues to be recognized in the publication’s…