Starting Out By Giving Back

Adventures of an Older New Attorney North Carolina’s Rules of Professional Conduct encourage attorneys to provide fifty hours of pro bono publico (“for the good of the public”) service per year. Many states have a similar provision, and some require attorneys to report their pro bono service, while they do not mandate that such service […]

Taking the Oath

Adventures of An Older New Attorney Having accomplished my goal of passing the North Carolina bar exam while qualified for Medicare, the time has come to continue this series of posts under a new title. While it is true that I have practiced law before, I have not done so in more than thirty years […]