03/01/21
WorkersCompensation.com
Raleigh, NC (WorkersCompensation.com) - Governor Roy Cooper has appointed Wanda Blanche Taylor and Adrian A. Phillips to serve as Commissioners on the North Carolina Industrial Commission for six-year terms, subject to confirmation by the North Carolina General Assembly.
Taylor is a native of Plymouth, North Carolina. She is a Fellow of the College of Workers Compensation Lawyers and received her Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law and her undergraduate degree at Duke University. Currently, Taylor is the Director of Litigation/Counsel at Key Risk Insurance (a Berkley Company), and she also serves as a member of the North Carolina Board of Certified Public Accountant Examiners. Previously, Taylor served as a Deputy Commissioner at the Industrial Commission for twenty years, including as Chief Deputy Commissioner. She has also represented both employees and employers/insurers in private practice.
North Carolina Central University announced Wednesday that its new tech law and policy center is at the receiving end of a $5 million dollar pledge from tech giant Intel.
Virtual CLE: “Embracing Technology and Avoiding Burnout”
This CLE is pending approval for one hour of general/technology credit and one hour of substance abuse/mental health credit. It is free for members of the Campbell Law Alumni Association. The cost is $75 for non-Alumni Association members.
Agenda
9:00-10:00 a.m. “Litigation Technology in the COVID Era” by Susan Kittle and Shannon Skoog, Chaplin and Associates
10:00-11:00 a.m. “Burnout and Alcohol Overuse” by Brett Bowers, North Carolina Central University School of Law
Presenter Bios
Susan Kittle
Susan Kittle was born in Memphis, Tennessee. She earned her BA degree from Carson Newman University and her MBA from Lincoln Memorial University. After receiving her MBA, she worked for 16 years in finance and mortgages. Then in 2017, she transitioned to proofing transcripts and then reporting with Chaplin and Associates. Over the years, Susan developed experience in all areas of litigation, from family law t
To continue the work of inclusivity with the fashion scope, the New-York city based lifestyle brand Alife has partnered with retail conglomerate Urban Outfitters for a special project. In conjunction with Black History Month, the pair have delivered an HBCU collection highlighting historic Black colleges. The capsule, which was produced by collegiate licensing company CLC will be available next week. “Alife for me has always been a creative outlet and a way that I can propel things that I find important into apparel,” Alife partner Treis Hill tells ESSENCE.
Working with Alife since 2005, Hills has lead shoe design as well as special projects for the brand. The curator’s latest adventure consist of spearheading the HBCU x Alife capsule collection. “I’m an HBCU graduate, I went to Hampton University,” says Hill when asked why this collection is important to him. The designer included that his grandfather, Robert Bond become the first graduate of North Carolina Central Uni
T. Greg Doucetteâs Crusade Against Hypocrisy, Police Violence, And Big Government
T. Greg Doucette in front of the Durham courthouse
Editorâs note: This story was produced through a partnership between the INDY
, which is published by journalism students at Duke Universityâs DeWitt Wallace Center for Media & Democracy.
It was five days after the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers, and T. Greg Doucette was mad.Â
Doucette, a criminal defense and small business attorney in Durham, was angry with the way police were treating protesters: beating them, pepper-spraying them, and, in one case, even trampling them with a horse. And so, around noon on May 30, Doucette did what he often does when he wants to gripe: he tweeted, creating a thread of 10 videos showing instances of police brutality toward protesters.Â