“Law Day” will be on May 6th in Wilson
and surrounding counties
April 12, 2006 Media Release
(Wilson, NC) –
Legal Aid of North Carolina-Wilson Office has declared
Friday, May 6, 2006 as “Law Day” in the 7th and 8th Judicial
Districts of North Carolina.
To commemorate “Law Day,” attorneys of the 7th and 8th
Judicial District Bars will speak with high school students
across the area about the legal profession. The 7th Judicial
District includes Edgecombe, Nash and Wilson Counties; the 8th
Judicial District includes Greene, Lenoir and Wayne County.
“We are excited about Law Day,” noted Beverly Eason, private
attorney involvement coordinator for
LANC-Wilson Office. “Law Day focuses the public’s attention
on the fact that the legal profession remains a profession of
service. Law Day allows us to continue to strengthen that
commitment.”
The Law Day Project promotes dialogue between local attorneys
and high school students to help students plan their career
goals.
The following schools and attorneys in the 7th Judicial
District will participate in Law Day presentations on May
5th: North Edgecombe High School, Tarboro, NC (Natarlin R. Best
of Lawrence Rigsbee & Best, P.A., Rocky Mount, NC); South West
Edgecombe High School, Pinetops, NC (Peter Glasgow, Assistant
District Attorney, North Carolina State District Attorney’s
Office, Tarboro, NC); Tarboro High School, Tarboro, NC (Jack
G.P. Hopkins of
Hopkins &
Associates, Tarboro, NC; James C. Marrow, Jr., Attorney at
Law, Tarboro, NC; Natalie Watson of Lawrence Rigsbee & Best,
P.A., Rocky Mount, NC, and Callie Williamson, Attorney At Law,
Spring Hope, NC); Northern Nash Senior High School, Rocky Mount,
NC (Terry
W. Alford, Attorney At Law, Spring
Hope, NC; Mark E. Edwards of Fields & Cooper, PLLC,
Nashville, NC; Sonya Mastrodonato, Attorney at Law, Rocky Mount,
NC; and Damien L. Tucker of Hester & Moore, Rocky Mount, NC); Beddingfield
High School, Wilson, NC (Elizabeth B. McKinney, Attorney At Law,
Wilson, NC; Darryl G. Smith, Attorney At Law, Wilson, NC, and
Misty E. Woodard of Conner Bunn Rogerson & Woodard, PLLC,
Wilson, NC); Fike High School, Wilson, NC (Millicent G. Graves,
Attorney At Law, Wilson, NC); and Hunt High School, Wilson, NC
(B. Perry Morrison, Jr. of Morrison Law Firm, PLLC, Wilson, NC;
and Susan K. Ellis of Rose Rand Orcutt Cauley Blake & Ellis,
P.A., of Wilson, NC).
The following schools and attorneys in the 8th Judicial
District will participate in Law Day presentations on May
5th: Kinston High School, Kinston, NC (Christopher A. Rogerson,
Attorney At Law, Kinston, NC; Jonathan Mark Herring
of White
& Allen, P.A., Kinston, NC; and Sonya S. Davis of Durant &
Davis, P.A., Kinston, NC); North Lenoir High School, LaGrange,
NC (Kimberly Connor Benton of Wallace Morris Barwick Landis &
Stroud, P.A., Kinston NC; Joretta Durant of Davis & Durant,
P.A., Kinston, NC, and David J. Fillippeli, Jr. of
White &
Allen, P.A., Kinston, NC); South Lenoir High School, Deep
Run, NC (Gregory E. Floyd of
White &
Allen, P.A., Kinston, NC; Darnell Parker, Attorney At law,
Greenville, NC; Christopher A. Rogerson, Attorney At Law,
Kinston, NC; and Dal F. Wooten of Wooten & Cooley, Kinston, NC);
Greene Central High School, Snow Hill, NC (Delaina D. Boyd of
White &
Allen, P.A., Kinston, NC; and Richard Diener, Attorney At
Law, Snow Hill, NC); Eastern Wayne High School, Goldsboro, NC
(Billy Strickland, II of
Dees
Smith Powell Jarrett Dees & Jones, Goldsboro, NC; and Tonya
White, Assistant District Attorney, North Carolina State
District Attorney’s Office, Goldsboro, NC); Goldsboro High
School, Goldsboro, NC (Glenn A. Barfield of
Haithcock of
Barfield, Hulse & Kinsey, PLLC, Goldsboro, NC; D. Lynn
Whitted, Attorney At Law, Goldsboro, NC; and Michael S.
Williamson, Law Office of Louis Jordan, Goldsboro, NC); and Rose
Wood High School, Goldsboro, NC (Douglas P. Connor, Attorney At
Law, Mount Olive, NC; and Keith D. Rouse, Rouse Law Firm,
Goldsboro, NC).
Also, as a special treat to the students, Superior Court
Judge Paul Jones will preside over a special session at the
Lenoir County Court House, Kinston, NC on May 3, 2006.
Judge Jones will talk with the local high school students about
his perspective from the bench. The students will then observe
an actual Criminal Superior Court session and the trial of
several cases.
The
Wilson office of Legal Aid of North Carolina serves
low-income people in civil matters in Edgecombe, Greene, Lenoir,
Nash, Wayne and Wilson Counties through its office in Wilson and
two intake offices in Goldsboro and Rocky Mount.
Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) is a statewide, nonprofit
law firm that provides free legal services in civil matters to
eligible, low-income people in all 100 counties in North
Carolina through 24, geographically located offices in North
Carolina. LANC’s clients typically have an annual income of
125% or less of the federally established poverty levels.
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CONTACTS:
Sharon Bey-Christopher (Managing Attorney, Legal Aid of North
Carolina-Wilson Office, Wilson, NC),
252-291-6851
Beverly Eason (PAI Coordinator, Legal Aid of North
Carolina-Wilson Office, Wilson, NC), 252-291-6851
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