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By Heather Culp In March, I attended the American Bar Association’s Bar Leadership Institute in Chicago, representing the Mecklenburg County Bar as its President-Elect. Bar presidents and presidents-elect from (large) metro bars, state bars, and national specialty bars gathered to learn about and share best …
Essex Richards is excited to announce that Partner Marc Gustafson has been certified by the North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission as a Superior Court Mediator. Marc’s mediation practice will focus on, among other things, general commercial litigation, real estate transactions, and employment matters. Based on …
Originally Published by The Charlotte Business Journal on September 16, 2016. By Woody Connette The batteries in our home smoke alarms are life savers, yet we tend to overlook them, often for years on end. Sadly, there’s no turning back the clock if they fail at a …
Originally Published by The Charlotte Business Journal on January 27, 2017. By Heather Culp The survival statistics for small businesses are discouraging. The Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy reports that for American small businesses (defined as fewer than 500 employees) that started anytime from 1994 …
On February 8, 2017, United States Bankruptcy Court Judge J. Craig Whitley entered an order appointing an Interim Trustee to protect and preserve the property of TSI Holdings, LLC, for the benefit of its creditors. The creditors could include investor victims in a possible PONZI …
Eight Essex Richards attorneys have been named North Carolina “Super Lawyers” for 2017, and one has been named to the list of “Rising Stars.” Additionally, two Essex Richards attorneys – Edward G. “Woody” Connette, and Heather W. Culp were named to the list of Top …
Essex Richards, P.A. is pleased to announced that Business North Carolina magazine has named 5 firm attorneys to its 2017 list of “Legal Elite.” In addition to these lawyers being honored, Partner Heather Culp was named to the Legal Elite Hall of Fame, where she joins Essex Richards lawyers Lou Lesesne (Employment, 2007), Renee …
Essex Richards is pleased to announce that Business North Carolina magazine has named Partner Heather Culp as the top bankruptcy attorney in North Carolina on its 2017 list of “Legal Elite.” Heather received this award by gaining the highest number of votes by her peers …
This year, we celebrate Essex Richards’ 40th anniversary, as well as the retirement of Ken Essex, one of our founding partners. We miss Ken, but deeply appreciate his personifying and nurturing our culture of service. Ken’s legacy continues through the community engagement of others at …
Essex Richards Attorney Natalie Potter recently completed her certification as an Extention Master Gardener. To gain the certification, Natalie attended two classes a week for ten weeks, and then volunteered for forty hours as a resource to the community on horticultural topics. The Extension Master Gardener Program …
Essex Richards earned a national ranking for its ERISA Litigation practice area in the 2017 edition of U.S. News-Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms.” ERISA (which stands for the Employee Retirement Security Income Act of 1974) is a federal law that governs private employers’ retirement, health, …