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THE DURHAM DOCKET
Newsletter of the Fourteenth Judicial District Bar & Durham County Bar Association
FY 2014 – 2015 No. 10 June 2015
Annual Meeting & Luncheon
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Wednesday June 10, 2015 at 12:30 PM
Durham Convention Center
http://www.durhamconventioncenter.com
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There appear to be no Durham attorney licensed in 1965 on the
Fourteenth’s roster according to the NC State Bar. If you have reached the
50-year milestone through service in other states or otherwise intend to be
included this year, please contact
the Executive Director at
[email protected] or (919) 682-2012.
Meeting Agenda
The annual meeting and luncheon is open to all members of the
Fourteenth Judicial District Bar and the Durham County Bar Association.
There is no fee to attend, because the luncheon is covered in your dues.
Business to be conducted by the Fourteenth and DCBA will include:
Elections for the Joint DCBA & Fourteenth JDB Officers & Board of
Directors for 2015-2016.
A bylaws vote to re-establish consistency in the number of directors.
Presentation of the Adam Lischer Memorial Scholarship Award of
the Durham Bar Foundation.
Please try to attend the event, which is the last programmed event for the
current fiscal year. The next time you will see your colleagues together in
this format will be the September DCBA luncheon.
Open to all members of the Fourteenth Judicial District Bar
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Slate of Officers/Directors
2
NCBA Summer Networking Mixer
5
Bylaws Revision Proposal
2
Community Volunteering
6
Adam Lischer Memorial Scholarship
3
Classifieds
7
YLD Tricks of Trade Event
4
2015 – 2016 joint Slate of Officers & Board of Directors
for the DCBA and 14th JDB
This slate will be presented to the membership at the Annual Meeting. Nominations will also be accepted
from the floor. All members of the Fourteenth and DCBA may participate in the voice vote.
Officers: President: Fred Battaglia
Vice President: Guy Crabtree
Treasurer: Catherine Wilson
Secretary: Antoinette Hilliard
Immediate Past President: Dorothy Hairston Mitchell
Directors (one-year terms):
Vanya Allen, Kari Hamel, Kelly J. Mackay, Dieter Mauch,
Henry Sappenfield, Lindsey Spain, Jonathan Trapp, and Harold W. Vann (Woody).
The 2015 Nominating Committee of the Fourteenth Judicial District Bar & Durham County Bar Association is
responsible for this roster. Please extend your thanks to the following: Christy Malott , Chair, Bettyna Belly
Abney, Jessica Fludd, Lynn Fontana, Clayton Jones, Carlos Mahoney, Philip Mullins, Catherine Pavur, and
Erin Wills. Please also thank Carlos Mahoney, for his two seasons of service as a director, vice president,
president and immediate past president, across a total of six active years.
About This Slate: This slate represents a cross section of your Bar, including members from large firms, small and
mid-size firms, sole practitioners, government attorneys, and members in public service. They also represent a
cross section of legal industry specialties, from criminal and civil litigation to intellectual property, real estate,
family services, estate and what is now being referred to as ‘elder law.’ They are mid-career practitioners,
early-career attorneys, and much of the area in between. The Board meets monthly from September to June to
conduct the business of the Bar organizations, at times and dates convenient to the members.
Please consider nominating a colleague to join their ranks next year.
FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT BAR BYLAWS REVISION
The Fourteenth Judicial District Bar’s Board of Directors has recommended the proposed bylaws change as
follows. This change reflects the reduction of the officer count from five to four, following the elimination of
the role of Second Vice-President, which went into effect in 2010.
CURRENT BYLAWS OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT BAR, LAST REVISED IN 2013
ARTICLE III, Board of Directors
Section 1.
NUMBER. The Bar's affairs shall be managed by a Board of Directors composed of fourteen
(14) voting members who shall be the President, the Vice President, the Secretary, the Treasurer and eight (8) at
large members of the Board of Directors, along with the immediate past President who shall serve one term as a
voting ex officio member of the Board.
PROPOSED CHANGES TO BYLAWS OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT BAR,
JUNE 2015
ARTICLE III, Board of Directors
Section 1.
NUMBER. The Bar's affairs shall be managed by a Board of Directors composed of thirteen
(13) voting members who shall be the President, the Vice President, the Secretary, the Treasurer and eight (8) at
large members of the Board of Directors, along with the immediate past President who shall serve one term as a
voting ex officio member of the Board.
Adam Lischer Memorial Scholarship Winner
Tenika Neely graduated from North Carolina Central University summa cum laude in 2014 with degrees in
Political Science and Psychology and an impressive GPA of 3.9. She is currently enrolled at Wake Forest
University School of Law, where she maintains a strong GPA and has been elected to several leadership
positions. In addition she is a 1L trial bar and Walker Moot Court competitor.
This summer, she will intern with The Southern Coalition for Social Justice. The Coalition, located here in
Durham, employs eight attorneys who focus their efforts on voting rights, criminal justice, environmental justice,
and human rights. Ms. Neely joins Ian Mance, the 2013 recipient of the Adam Lischer Memorial Scholarship
Award, who is a staff attorney at the Coalition.
While she is not a Durham native, the degree to which Ms. Neely is connected to our community is considerable.
While playing varsity women's basketball for NCCU she began volunteering in the community, but she extended
her volunteer efforts far past those designed for the sports team. She has served at the Durham Rescue Mission,
John Avery Boys' and Girls' Club and Genesis Home. She founded a documentary series called, "You're One
Choice Away," which shed light on homelessness in Durham. Seeing another area of need, she also served as
President of EMERGE, an organization dedicated to spreading domestic violence awareness and support to the
North Carolina Central University campus and Durham community at large. She intends to stay in the
community and practice criminal defense law.
She comes to us recommended by Kendra J. Eaton, Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach, North Carolina Central,
and Abigail Perdue, Associate Professor of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research at Wake Forest University
School of Law.
ABOUT THE ADAM LISCHER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
In December 2002, the Durham County Bar Association created a scholarship fund to honor two attorneys who
were retiring from public office. This effort then developed into a way to honor the service and history of
departed members of the Durham Bar. In 2003, the non-profit organization, the Durham Bar Foundation, Inc.,
was formally established to raise funds each year, to award and administer the scholarship program and to fund
other charitable endeavors. In 2006, in recognition of significant funds raised, the scholarship was renamed in
memory of Adam Lischer, who died on July 17, 2005, after a brief struggle with cancer.
Adam Lischer was a member of the Fourteenth Judicial District Bar. He was a graduate of the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Washington College of Law at American University. The scholarship
honors his career as a public service lawyer: following graduation he served as a judicial clerk to the honorable
Linda M. McGee on the North Carolina Court of Appeals; he was awarded the Clifton W. Everett Community
Lawyer Fellowship, which he discharged with Eastern Carolina Legal Services; for four years he served as
Assistant District Attorney for Nash, Edgecombe, and Wilson Counties; and as a Durham attorney he received
cases from the Office of the Capital Defender. Adam is the son of Tracy Kenyon Lischer, of Durham firm Pulley,
Watson, King & Lischer, P.A. and Richard Lischer, Ph. D., Professor & Associate Dean for Faculty Development
at Duke University Divinity School.
The purpose of the scholarship fund is to provide assistance to residents and/or natives of Durham County who
are attending law school, who can demonstrate a significant connection to the Durham community. Since its
inception the scholarship program has enjoyed strong support from the Bar as a way of both recognizing and
supporting such students. To date 21 scholarships have been awarded. Tax-deductible donations can be made by
check payable to Durham Bar Foundation, Inc, PO Box 593, Durham, NC 27702.
DURHAM COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION, YOUNG LAWYERS’ DIVISION PRESENTS
Tricks of Trade
Join us as one-generation shares helpful tips on how to practice law with a newer generation
of attorneys. This event is targeted at those first licensed IN or AFTER 2010.
Location: Durham County Courthouse, Courtroom 7D
REGISTER NOW: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YLDCLE
This event is free. CLE Credit is “PENDING.”
Lunch will be provided by the Fourteenth Judicial District Bar.
Rather than pay a fee to participate, those who attend are asked to
join and become active in the Young Lawyers’ Division.
Wednesday, June 24th
8:30am
Registration
9:00am
Welcome
9:15am
Family Court Ins and Outs
Syrena Williams: CW Law Group, PLLC
• Local Rules
• Child Support
Lunch
Juvenile Delinquency
Phylicia Powers, APD Durham County
11:00am
12:30pm
2:15pm
Afternoon Break
2:30pm
Abuse/Neglect/Dependency
Dorothy H Mitchell, APD Durham
County
Wrap Up
4:15pm
Thursday, June 25th
8:45am
9:00am
Registration
Welcome
9:15am
Traffic Court
• DWI Cases: John Donovan,
Charns & Donovan Law Firm
• Traffic Court Negotiations:
Dale Morrill, ADA Durham County
Break
10:15am
10:30pm
12:00pm
1:30pm
Were you
first licensed
IN or AFTER 2010?
This is for you!
2:30pm
3:15pm
3:30pm
4:30pm
District Court: Shamieka Rhinehart
Durham County ADA
• Including Domestic Court
• Interactions with Judiciary
• Negotiations
• DV Court vs. District Court
Lunch
Probation Court
• Amanda Maris, APD Durham Co.
• Justice Reinvestment Act
Understanding the District Court
Sentencing Chart, with Clayton
Jones: APD Durham County
Afternoon Break
Proper Court Attire
Phylicia Powers, Rebecca Wiggins
and Clayton Jones, APDs Durham
County
Wrap Up
2nd Annual Summer Networking Mixer
Stronger Together: Celebrating Diversity
in the Profession
Sponsored by Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell
& Jernigan, LLP and Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
Please join the North Carolina Bar Association’s
Minorities in the Profession Committee,
the George H. White Bar, and the Capital City
Lawyers Association as they celebrate minority
attorneys in the legal profession and community at large.
WHAT: 2nd Annual Summer Networking Mixer
WHEN: Wednesday, June 10, 2015, 5:30–7:30 p.m.
WHERE: The Mez Restaurant
5410 Page Road, Durham, NC 27703
RSVP:
By Monday, June 8, to [email protected]
Volunteers
Needed!!
Ask-An-Attorney Day
Dates: June 12, 2015 & TBA in June
Attorneys will meet one-on-one for 30 minutes with each entrepreneur/company focusing on a
specific legal issue or set of issues related to their entrepreneurial endeavors at no charge. Attorneys
would provide the areas they prefer to counsel in order of preference – assigned sessions will be
based on their preferences.
Recent and current constituents of the Small Business Center are sent an e-mail 5-7 days before the
event to sign up for a slot and provide information about the issue/issues they would like to discuss.
Based on the information provided, we look to see if an attorney will be present to address that topic.
If an attorney has listed topic as a preference, we assign the constituent to that attorney. Current
topics requested:
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Commercial real estate and leasing
Construction/contractors
Contracts
General Business including entities
Immigration with Business
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Intellectual Property
Nonprofit (startup /existing)
Self-Publishers
Social Enterprise
Tax (Federal and State)
SBC FOCUS
SBC Facilitating One-On-One Counseling to Uncover Solutions
The Small Business Center provides 30-minute, one-on-one counseling sessions for current
entrepreneurial clients and attendees to meet with professionals focusing on a specific issue or set of
issues related to their entrepreneurial endeavors. For example, talk to a banker about loan readiness,
an intellectual property attorney about trademark issues, or a strategist to brainstorm.
These sessions can be scheduled anytime at the convenience of the attorney typically between 9 AM
and 8 PM. We would need at least two-weeks’ notice to get information out to constituents and make
assignments. These sessions are typically be held at the Small Business Center, SOUTHBank
Building, 3rd Floor, 400 W Main St, Durham, NC OR Orange County Campus, 528 College Park Dr.,
Hillsborough, NC.
To Volunteer, contact [email protected] or 919-536-7241 ext. 4504
LaShon A. Harley, Director, Small Business Center, Durham Technical Community College
www.durhamtech.edu/sbc
CONTACT INFO
DCBA & 14th Judicial
District Bar:
Bar Office
115 E. Main Street, P.O. Box 593
Durham, NC 27702
[email protected]
President
Dorothy Hairston Mitchell
Vice- President
Judge Fred Battaglia
Secretary
Antoinette Hilliard
Treasurer
Catherine Wilson
Directors
Vanya Allen
Guy Crabtree
Kari Hamel
Kelly Mackay
Dieter Mauch
Henry Sappenfield
Lindsay Spain
Woody Vann
Immediate Past President
Carlos Mahoney
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
Attorneys may submit any advertising for The Durham Docket to
[email protected]. Members may submit text only advertisements
limited to 8~10 lines at 2.5 horizontal inches per line. Appropriate use of
this space is office space available, B-2-B legal services, new office/firm
name change notifications, positions available (staff or attorneys) and other
legal industry messages.
SINGLE OFFICE WITHIN LARGER FIRM: Available to rent out to a
single attorney with no staff. Located near Miami Blvd in Durham. Contact
[email protected] or call (919) 244-2019.
OFFICES FOR RENT: Offices (approx. 150 sf each) available in space
leased by established law firm. Located in a historic building at 401 N.
Mangum Street, our office is a short walk from city/county government
buildings, courthouse, restaurants, post office and more. Amenities include
reception area, 2 large conference rooms, kitchen, access to fax machine,
copier and wireless internet (no phone).Call Sharon Rogers, 919 688-6341.
AVAILABLE FOR REFERRALS AND ASSOCIATION – BUSINESS
LITIGATION CASES: The law firm of Crabtree, Carpenter & Connolly is
available and welcomes referrals or associations in business litigation. We
have successfully worked with attorneys throughout North Carolina and
would appreciate the opportunity to work with you and your clients. Call
Guy Crabtree at 919-682-9691 or email [email protected] if you
want to discuss your case.
NC State Bar Councilors
William S. Mills
919-683-2135
John A. Bowman 919-493-6464
Executive Director/Editor
Bonnie Biggs
[email protected]
BarCARES
is a confidential, short-term intervention program provided cost-free to members of the Fourteenth Judicial
District Bar (and to family members of the Durham County Bar Association, our voluntary bar). The program
is there to help participants by providing confidential no-cost assistance and brief, solution-oriented
counseling. BarCARES assistance is targeted towards problems that might be causing distress and can be
used to help with personal, family or work issues.
HRC Behavioral Consultants, Inc., based out of Chapel Hill, is the provider agency, with a wide range of
psychiatrists, psychologists and clinical social workers on staff. Dialing the above-referenced toll free number
(800.640.0735) forwards you directly to a designated HRC staff member who identifies the appropriate
therapist to address your presenting concerns.
An initial appointment is thereupon scheduled.
Confidentiality is maintained at every stage.
What you may not know about BarCARES is that for the initial three visits, there is no reporting whatsoever to any
insurance or medical provider exchanges.