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Essex Richards Attorney Heather Culp has been selected to chair the Finance Committee of the North Carolina State Bar Plan for Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts (IOLTA). IOLTA was established by the North Carolina State Bar and the North Carolina Supreme Court to generate income …
Essex Richards, P.A. is pleased to announce that The Best Lawyers© in America has named 10 of its attorneys to the 2021 list in the publication’s newly released 27th edition – Norris Adams, Rob Blair, Jon Buchan, Woody Connette, Heather Culp, John Daniel, Rick Elkins, Lauren Lewis, Steve Morris, …
Essex Richards attorneys Woody Connette and Heather Culp will chair two key North Carolina Bar Foundation committees for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020. Culp will chair the Programs Committee, which guides the Foundation’s public service and pro bono programs—efforts that further the Foundation’s …
Congratulations to Partner Heather Culp, who was recently named to the North Carolina Pro Bono Honor Society. This achievement recognizes North Carolina attorneys who gave substantial and valuable legal contributions to the state by providing fifty or more hours of pro bono legal services in …
Are you daydreaming about being your own boss? Go into it with your eyes wide open. Here are 10 common reasons why entrepreneurs may wind up in personal bankruptcy. 1. Getting into the Business for the Wrong Reasons An ill-conceived Plan B following a layoff, …
By Heather Culp A well-timed bankruptcy can be a powerful arrow in the quiver of a taxpayer with burdensome income tax debt. A taxpayer’s personal liability for individual income tax debt can be discharged in bankruptcy if the answer to each of the following five …
Making Good Personal Financial Decisions During the COVID-19 Crisis The coronavirus and COVID-19 diagnoses in the United States have quickly changed our lives in many ways. While health and public safety are top priority, many of us are concerned about our personal finances, and how …
As we referenced in this post, our team was curious about how our clients are doing now – after their bankruptcy has been discharged. Many new clients just want to know “will my life be better after bankruptcy?” So we went back and asked our …
Originally published by QNotes, March 2020 By Lauren V. Lewis Chances are neither you nor your spouse ever imagined divorce negotiations when you planned your wedding vows. How things can change. Tensions run high in divorce, communication breaks down and respecting your spouse can be …
It depends. I know, I know. “It depends” is the archetype of the frustrating noncommittal attorney answer. But really, it does depend – in large part on the language of your short-term disability (“STD”) policy or long-term disability (“LTD”) policy. In the interest of making …
The coronavirus (COVID-19) diagnoses in the U.S. has quickly changed our lives in many ways. In this article, we explain how to make the best financial decisions during this time of crisis.
Essex Richards is responding to the rapidly changing impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic by taking steps to ensure that our firm will continue to provide the timely and quality legal services and advice our clients need and deserve. We take seriously this community’s commitment …