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North Carolina Lawyers Weekly released a special section in its December 25th issue profiling the 2017 “Unsung Legal Heroes.” This new recognition honors 33 non-attorney staff…

For the second year in a row, Angela Doughty is being internationally recognized for her “legal trademark expertise” by the 2018 World Trademark Review…

For many companies, the “hap-happiest season of all” coincides with the busiest season of all.  Business owners and employees are racing to fill customer…

New Bern Healthcare attorney Leigh Wilkinson was recently honored by North Carolina State University’s College of Sciences as the recipient of the “Zenith Medal…

It’s a new era for North Carolina’s Fifth Judicial District.  Will Oden, a labor and employment attorney at Ward and Smith, was unanimously elected…

 Government relations attorney James Norment will serve on the Tryon Palace Commission in New Bern.  He was appointed as an at-large member by Governor…

Remember the good old days when healthcare benefits were provided at a premium level for a small additional cost to the employer?  Many of…