Megan Silver was elected to be a member of the Executive Council of the Young Lawyers Division of the Greensboro Bar Association for the 2010-2011 term. The Young Lawyers Division is for members of the Greensboro Bar Association who are younger than 36 years of age. The YLD conducts regularly scheduled luncheon meetings and socials, special projects such as the Swearing-In Ceremony and Bridge-the-Gap program, Ask-A-Lawyer, Child Safety Day, and serving meals at Urban Ministry.

http://nealrobbins.com/greensboro/?page_id=239

 

Jeff Davis is serving as the chief of staff for the committee to re-elect Judge Lindsay Davis, Jr. as a Superior Court judge in Guilford County. The election will be held in November 2010.

http://judgedavis.com

 

Jennifer Frances Adams and Howell Dean Ledford, Jr. were united in marriage on Saturday, June 19, 2010 during a noon wedding at First Presbyterian Church in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Jenny is a graduate of Grimsley High School, Davidson College, and Wake Forest University School of Law. The groom is a graduate of North Buncombe High School, Mars Hill College and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, from which he received his Master of Music in Music Education. He is a music teacher and band and orchestra director with the Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools.

http://www.news-record.com/content/2010/06/28/article/adams_ledford

 

Jeff Davis represented a subcontractor in a dispute with the general contractor for a high-end hotel. The dispute was detailed and fact-specific. The arbitration lasted a full week and resulted in a substantial arbitration award in favor of Jeff’s client.

 

Bert Andia represented an employer in a federal court case in which a fired employee had claimed that race was an issue in his termination. In granting summary judgment for the employer, the court ruled that no reasonable jury could find enough evidence to be sufficient to support the allegations. Bert’s victory avoided the time and expense of trial.

 

This will be the second consecutive year that Trip Adams has taught the Bankruptcy course at Elon University School of Law.

Elon University School of Law is located in Greensboro, North Carolina.

 

Jennifer Adams has again been named a Rising Star in the Super Lawyers 2010 listings, in the area of Consumer Bankruptcy. She first appeared in the 2009 list of outstanding young lawyers in the state.


The publishers of Super Lawyers launched Rising Stars to recognize the top up-and-coming attorneys in the state -- those who are 40 years old or younger, or who have been practicing for 10 years or less.

http://www.superlawyers.com

 

Trip Adams has been listed as a North Carolina Super Lawyer for 2010, in the area of Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights. This is Trip’s fourth year in the listings.

Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

Super Lawyers is published as a special supplement in leading newspapers and city and regional magazines across the country.
Polling, research and selection are performed by Law & Politics, a publication of Key Professional Media, Inc. Law & Politics has been publishing legal magazines since 1990 and Super Lawyers since 1991.

http://www.superlawyers.com

 

The Business Journal has again named Higgins Benjamin Eagles & Adams, PLLC, among the largest law firms in the Triad. The 2010 Book of Lists includes us as the thirteenth largest. Although the Business Journal does not consider this any endorsement, we have found that meeting the varied needs of our clients is best and most efficiently done when ample resources are available to be wielded by attorneys who have varied skills and experience. We consider our size to be important to best serve clients while having the opportunity to build relationships that foster full service by understanding the clients’ needs. Are we pleased with the current recognition? Yes. But the reason we are pleased is that it reflects our position to better serve clients’ needs.

 

Brian Tomlin has begun his fourteenth (14th) year as a part-time instructor in the Speech Communications and Journalism and Mass Communications departments at North Carolina A&T State University. He is currently teaching a course in Persuasive Communication.

 

Megan Silver recently graduated from Elon University School of Law with high honors (magna cum laude) in that school's Charter Class. She passed the North Carolina Bar Exam and began the practice of law with Higgins Benjamin Eagles & Adams PLLC after being sworn in on October 2, 2009.