by RG | Jun 1, 2026 | legal matters
The market for contract legal talent has been heating up, but one segment of the attorney workforce is seeing particularly intense demand: mid-level attorneys with five to eight years of in-house experience. For companies with lean in-house legal departments, mounting...
by RG | May 29, 2026 | legal matters
Tacker LeCarpentier: The Structure Guy By Bob Friedman “I will walk into a mediation and inevitably someone will say ‘Oh, he’s the structure guy,’” chuckles Tacker LeCarpentier, president of Raleigh-based Settlement Planning Services, Inc. (SPS). He has earned the...
by RG | May 29, 2026 | legal matters
The ownership torch at Greensboro, NC-based personal injury firm Ward Black Law was passed to Audrey and Gabriel Snyder on January 7 of this year. They have practiced with the firm for nine and eight years, respectively. “We’ve got a really strong culture and team and...
by RG | May 29, 2026 | legal matters
As we pause to celebrate the 250-year anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, let’s briefly consider the pioneering experiment at the heart of our government. The founding generation dared to ask what would happen if a society, however imperfectly defined,...
by RG | May 29, 2026 | legal matters
What is the source of our rights? If our rights came from King George III, then he would have had the authority to limit them. Generally, looking at the history of the world, human power determined the extent of the rights of those within their control. But what if...
by RG | May 29, 2026 | legal matters
Two hundred and fifty years ago, our founding fathers pledged their Lives, Fortunes, and sacred Honor to protect the jury trial system. Among the grievances against the Crown set out in the Declaration of Independence justifying the colonies’ break from King George...
