Cranfill Sumner LLP (CSH Law) will host its 2014 Client Education Conference: Workers’ Compensation & General Liability Law Updates on Nov. 12 at the McKimmon Conference and Training Center in Raleigh. The seminar will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Act now allows an employer to plead an affirmative “Misrepresentation Defense” when an employee intentionally misrepresents his/her physical condition when entering into the employment relationship. The “Misrepresentation Defense” is available to employers when the workers’ compensation claim arises or occurs on or after June 24, 2011.
Jennifer Morris Jones, an attorney based in Cranfill Sumner LLP’s Raleigh office, has been appointed the Vice Chair of the Social Media/Community Page for the DRI Workers’ Compensation Committee.
Cranfill Sumner LLP (CSH Law) will participate as an exhibitor at the upcoming 2014 Annual NC Public Risk Management Association (PRIMA) Educational Conference which will be held at the Holiday Inn Resort at Wrightsville Beach Sept. 7-10.
Cranfill Sumner LLP will sponsor the 2nd Annual Kids’ Chance Charity Inshore Fishing Tournament on Sunday, Sept. 7 beginning at 8 a.m. in Wrightsville Beach. An Awards Ceremony is scheduled for 2 p.m. at Intracoastal Angler. On Saturday, Sept. 6 there will be a Captains’ party at Dockside Restaurant to kick-off the event.
Nine attorneys from CSH Law’s Workers’ Compensation Practice Group were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2015.
Mica Nguyen Worthy, an attorney in the Charlotte office of Cranfill Sumner LLP, is named in the Lawyers of Color Second Annual Hot List. The Hot List recognizes young attorneys who are excelling in the legal profession. Mica was one of ten attorneys selected from the Charlotte market to receive this award.
Jennifer Morris Jones and Erin Taylor will speak at the Quarterly Meeting of the North Carolina Public Risk Management Association (NCPRIMA) on Friday, July 18. The meeting will be held at the Hawthorne Inn and Conference Center in Winston-Salem.
Brian Kromke, an attorney in the Wilmington office of Cranfill Sumner LLP, was recently elected to the Board of Directors for Kids’ Chance of North Carolina, Inc., a nonprofit organization that provides educational scholarships to the children of North Carolina workers who have been injured or killed in work-related accidents.
Cranfill Sumner LLP (CSH Law) today unveiled a new logo that kicks off a rebranding campaign for the statewide law firm. The new logo, which features three red triangles, is designed to represent the firm’s history and future vision.
Jerri Simmons, an attorney based in the Charlotte office of Cranfill Sumner LLP, recently wrote an article titled “Navigating Attendant Care Issues” that is featured in the April 2014 edition of Course & Scope, the Workers’ Compensation Newsletter from the North Carolina Bar Association.
Attorneys from Cranfill Sumner LLP (CSH Law) participated in the North Carolina Bar Association’s Annual 4ALL Statewide Service Day on March 7. This was the 7thAnnual 4ALL Statewide Service Day which is a program of the North Carolina Bar Association Foundation and the North Carolina Bar Association.
C. D. Taylor Pace, chair of the Workers’ Compensation practice at Cranfill Sumner LLP, speaks to physicians about Workers’ Compensation.
Elizabeth Lewis, a Workers’ Comp paralegal in the Raleigh office of Cranfill Sumner LLP, has been selected to participate in an Item Writing Workshop through the Paralegal Certification Committee (PCC). The Workshop participants assist the PCC with the creation of new questions for the North Carolina Certified Paralegal Exam
Cranfill Sumner LLP (CSH) recently named three new partners to the firm: Dan M. Hartzog, Jr. and Jennifer Morris Jones of Raleigh and Jason Toups of Wilmington.