James M. Talley, Jr. elected to board of directors of Legal Aid of NC

July 8, 2008 Media Release

(Raleigh, NC) – James M. Talley, Jr. of Charlotte was elected for a one-year term to the board of directors of Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) during the 2008 LANC Annual Meeting in Pine Knoll Shores, NC.

Talley
will serve on the LANC Board as a representative from the NC IOLTA (NC State Bar Plan for "Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts").

Talley is an attorney and senior partner in the law firm of Horack, Talley, Pharr & Lowndes, PA, in Charlotte, and concentrates on commercial real estate development, business formation and operation, and financing for real estate and business ventures.  He is a 1964 graduate of the University of NC School of Law.  

Talley’s professional activities include serving as President of the NC Bar Association, President and Chairman of several Legal Services organizations, and as a board member of the UNC Law Alumni Association and a member of the Board of Trustees, NC State Bar Plan for Interest on Lawyers Trust AccountsTalley was selected by Law & Politics Magazine as a North Carolina “Super Lawyer” for Real Estate Law in 2007 and 2008.

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.  In 2007, LANC closed approximately 23,000 cases across North Carolina.  For additional information on LANC and its Board of Directors, visit the LANC website at www.legalaidnc.org.

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CONTACTS:

  • Dock Kornegay (Director, Public Relations & Development), Raleigh, NC, 919-856-2564

  • James M. Talley, Jr. (Attorney and Senior Partner, Horack, Talley, Pharr & Lowndes, PA), Charlotte, NC, 704-377-2500

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