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Essex Richards Partner Jon Buchan will speak on Friday, May 18 to the Senior Scholars at Queens. The Senior Scholars is an organization for seniors and retirees where members meet weekly to hear prominent speakers on a variety of topics. Jon’s presentation, “Freedom for the …
Essex Richards is excited to announce the launch of our ERISA blog. The blog, written by attorneys Norris Adams, Woody Connette, and Caitlin Walton will cover issues that arise in the different kinds of cases that fall under ERISA: long-term disability, medical claims and health …
Partner Heather Culp was published in The North Carolina Association of Public Accountants’ Interim Report in March, 2018. Heather’s article, “Discharging Individual Income Tax Debt in Bankruptcy,” covers five questions that help individuals determine if their personal income tax debt can be discharged in bankruptcy. …
Essex Richards is proud to announce that it has been selected for inclusion in IR Global. IR Global is the fastest growing professional service firm network in the world. IR Global members are stringently vetted prior to admission. Essex Richards will be able to call …
Eight Essex Richards attorneys have been named North Carolina “Super Lawyers” for 2018. Additionally, Essex Richards attorney Edward G. “Woody” Connette was named to the list of Top 100 Lawyers in North Carolina, and the Top 25 Lawyers in Charlotte. The complete list of the …
Essex Richards, P.A. is pleased to announced that Business North Carolina magazine has named 3 firm attorneys to its 2018 list of “Legal Elite.” Additionally, Essex Richards is honored to have 3 lawyers in the Legal Elite Hall of Fame: retired partner Lou Lesesne (Employment, 2007), Rob Blair (Family Law, 2016), and Heather Culp …
The Mecklenburg County Bar and Mecklenburg Bar Foundation held their annual leadership luncheon on December 14, 2017. We invited state and federal judges to attend to give us an update on the state of our local courts. With thanks to Judges Albert Diaz, W. Robert …
Essex Richards Partner Heather Culp will speak at the North Carolina Association of CPAs upcoming conference on December 6 in Greensboro. Heather will speak on individual and business tax issues related to bankruptcy. The conference will cover important topics related to North Carolina state and local …
On Thursday, November 9, 2017, Essex Richards Partner Edward G. “Woody” Connette was named as the recipient of the Mecklenburg Bar Foundation’s 2018 Ayscue Professionalism Award at the annual Law & Society Luncheon. The luncheon was hosted by the Mecklenburg County Bar and the Mecklenburg …
For the second year in a row, Essex Richards earned a national ranking for its ERISA Litigation practice in the 2018 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 …
Essex Richards, P.A. is pleased to announce that The Best Lawyers© in America has named 8 of its attorneys to the 2018 list in the publication’s newly released 24th edition – Norris Adams, Rob Blair, Jon Buchan, Woody Connette, Heather Culp, John Daniel, Marc Gustafson, and Steve Morris. Additionally, Partner Edward …
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 …