North Carolina Advocates for Justice NCAJ Summer Convention 2015 takes place June 13, 2015 SATURDAY until June 16, 2015 MONDAY in Sunset Beach North Carolina. Convention facilities are located at: Sea Trail Resort Registration for the NCAJ Summer Convention: NCAJ Summer Convention 2015 REGISTRATION DISCOUNTS!* First-Time attendees – 35%…
Modified Transcription of “Charlotte Jury Trial Attorney” for the Hearing Impaired: People ask me what I do for a living, and my first response is, I help people. I help people charged with serious crimes, but it’s not limited to a particular type. We do see patterns, I don’t…
Modified Transcript of “Experienced Legal Advice for Criminal Charges in Charlotte” for the Hearing Impaired: The vast majority of the cases in North Carolina are plead out. After reviewing discovery and evaluating the merits of the case, sometimes that’s the best choice. SEE RELATED: Charlotte Judges Trial Calendar Assignments…
Modified Transcript of “FAQ DWI DUI and Implied Driving Scheduling of Cases” for Hearing Impaired After more than 20 years of practicing law in North Carolina, you do see certain trends or certain patterns. And I’m regularly asked by people, “What are some common misconceptions about lawyers or the practice…
Modified Transcript of “Calendaring Criminal Traffic and DWI Cases in Charlotte” for Hearing Impaired: The calendaring of criminal cases in North Carolina is a somewhat complicated process, and that’s because there are differences between misdemeanor cases and felony charges, as well as between jurisdictions. Larger jurisdictions such as Mecklenburg or…
Modified Transcript of “How to Retain a Criminal Defense Attorney in Charlotte” for the Hearing Impaired: I get asked on a pretty regular basis how do you choose a lawyer? What things should you look for? What things should you expect? Does Experience Matter? What Counts as “Experience?” The answer…
Modified Transcript of “What Is Legal Precedent?” in North Carolina for Hearing Impaired: What is Precedence? What is Legal Precedent? What Has Happened in the Past? The question is what is precedence, meaning what has happened beforehand. That really applies to a couple different areas. First there’s something called case…
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has weighed in, again, penning an opinion that will likely affect DUI Checkpoints in Charlotte NC. Judge Davis, joined by concurrence with Judges Calabria and Elmore, in North Carolina v. Macdonald (also referred to as State v. Macdonald) has vacated the ruling by Mecklenburg County Superior…
Hello, my name is Ashley Stapleton. I’m an associate attorney with Powers Law Firm PA at the Cabarrus County office in Concord, North Carolina. The first time I can remember becoming interested in the law is when I participated in a youth court program in Syracuse, New York during high…
Modified Transcript of “Required to Talk To Police” for the Hearing Impaired: We have handled very serious cases in North Carolina for quite some time. We may get a call during an active investigation, in a panic, from somebody wondering and asking, “Should I talk to the police?” They want…