Law Day will be on May 4th in Wilson and
surrounding counties
March 16, 2006 Media Release
(Wilson, NC) –
Legal Aid of North Carolina-Wilson Office has declared Friday,
May 4, 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
participated in Law Day presentations on May 4th: North
Edgecombe High School, Tarboro, NC (Natarlin R. Best of Lawrence
Rigsbee & Best, P.A., Rocky Mount); South West Edgecombe High
School, Pinetops, NC (Peter Glasgow, Assistant District
Attorney, Tarboro,, NC); Northern Nash Senior High School,
Rocky Mount, NC (Natalie Watson of Lawrence Rigsbee & Best,
P.A., Rocky Mount, NC; Mark E. Edwards of Fields & Cooper, PLLC,
Nashville, NC; Damien L. Tucker of Hester & Moore, Rocky Mount, NC;
Shameka Battle, of Law Office of Lamont Wiggins, Rocky Mount, NC;
and Jenny Matthews and Timothy W. Wilson, Poyner & Spruill, Rocky
Mount, NC); Beddingfield High School, Wilson, NC (Misty E.
Woodard of Conner Bunn Rogerson & Woodard, PLLC, Wilson, NC; J.
Wesley Abney, Craft Levin & Abney, Wilson; NC, Joel Stadiem,
Assistant District Attorney, Rocky Mount, NC; and Eliot F. Smith,
Thomas & Farris Attorneys at Law, Wilson, NC); Fike High School,
Wilson, NC (Darryl G. Smith, Attorney At Law, Wilson, NC); and
Hunt High School, Wilson, NC (B. Perry Morrison, Jr. of Morrison
Law Firm, PLLC, Wilson, NC).
The following schools and attorneys in the 8th Judicial District
participated in Law Day presentations on May 4th: Kinston
High School, Kinston, NC (Joretta Durant, Attorney at Law,
Kinston, NC; James S. Perry, Perry Perry & Perry, Kinston, NC; and
Tonya White, Assistant District Attorney, North Carolina State
District Attorney’s Office, Goldsboro, NC); North Lenoir High
School, LaGrange, NC (Kimberly Connor Benton of Wallace Morris
Barwick Landis & Stroud, P.A., Kinston NC; David J. Fillippeli, Jr.
of White & Allen, PA, Kinston, NC; and Annette W. Strickland of
Wooten, Brock & Strickland, Kinston, NC); South Lenoir High
School, Deep Run, NC (Christopher A. Rogerson, Attorney at Law,
Kinston, NC; and Paul T. Cleavenger of Cleavanger Law Firm, Kinston,
NC); Goldsboro High School, Goldsboro, NC (D. Lynn Whitted,
Attorney At Law, Goldsboro, NC, Michael S. Williamson, Law Office of
Louis Jordan, Goldsboro, NC; Adrian M. Lapas, Attorney at Law,
Goldsboro NC); and Rose Wood High School, Goldsboro, NC
(Billy Strickland, II of Dees Smith Powell Jarrett Dees & Jones,
Goldsboro, NC; David M. Rouse, Rouse Law Firm, Goldsboro NC; Kevin
MacQueen, Attorney at Law, Goldsboro, NC ).
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.
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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