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When I was a law clerk, I told my judge that I wanted to be an appellate lawyer. Her Honor informed me that there is no better way to get early-career federal appellate experience than to join the Federal Public Defender or the U.S. Attorney’s office.
Those appellate jobs can…
Continue Reading Appellate Job Opening at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in RaleighWhen you hear about an appellate decision, what comes to mind? Typically, I think of…
Continue Reading Opinions and Orders and Options: A New Normal?President Biden yesterday announced the nomination of current South Carolina state court Judge DeAndrea Benjamin…
Continue Reading Biden Nominates South Carolina Judge to Fourth CircuitThe Latest
Unmasked: Court of Appeals to Begin Disclosing Identities and Votes of Members of Petition Panel … 90 Days Later
Court of Appeals Petition Rulings Unmasked
Continue Reading Unmasked: Court of Appeals to Begin Disclosing Identities and Votes of Members of Petition Panel … 90 Days LaterA statute of limitations can end a case before it begins. But which limitations period applies? In its recent opinion in Woody v. Accuquest Hearing Center, LLC, COA21-563 (2022)…
Continue Reading DUELING STATUTES OF LIMITATIONSIn a series of four opinions issued on July 19, 2022[1], the North Carolina Court of Appeals addressed personal jurisdiction and what constitutes a fundamental public policy of…
Continue Reading Home Cooking? It Depends on Where “Home” IsFor years, tension has existed between federal and state criminal prosecutors over forfeitures. Criminal forfeitures result from the seizure (and, if necessary, the sale) of contraband such as cash from…
Continue Reading SHOW ME THE MONEYFive months ago, the Supreme Court of North Carolina installed a new Clerk of Court. Want to get to know Grant Buckner better? The NCBA has uploaded a recent…
Continue Reading Breakfast with Buckner: Meeting the North Carolina Supreme Court’s New ClerkAfter three years of service as the Dean of Regent University Law School in Virginia, former North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Martin is coming home. High Point University…
Continue Reading Welcome back, Chief Justice Martin!On May 3, 2022, the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued a large batch of opinions. By my count, twenty-two were published and thirty were unpublished. While history may prove…
Continue Reading ANOTHER SMORGASBORD OF OPINIONS FROM THE COURT OF APPEALSHopefully all of our readers have seen the announcements and registered already, but if not: there are three appellate-related events before the end of the month.
First, there is an…
Continue Reading You’re Invited: Three Upcoming EventsBack in November, I wrote about the possibility of a fee award being immediately appealable if the amount in question is significant enough. In the latest batch of opinions from…
Continue Reading Can You Pass Go with a Fee Award?Appellate Practice Team
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