High-profile North Carolina attorney Bill Diehl dies at 78
Diehl represented a number of well-known clients including NASCAR team owner and car dealer Rick Hendrick, former Charlotte Hornets owner George Shinn and speedway track owner Bruton Smith.
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Diehl represented a number of well-known clients including NASCAR team owner and car dealer Rick Hendrick, former Charlotte Hornets owner George Shinn and speedway track owner Bruton Smith.
Diel died Thursday in a Charlotte retirement community from complications related to his latest stroke
Diehl grew up in Norfolk and relocated to eastern North Carolina as a teenager. He went to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Virginia law school. His larger-than-life demeanor in the courtroom shaded over the work he did for clients.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Bill Diehl, a longtime high-profile North Carolina attorney whose family and friends recalled his passion as a legal advocate and in life, has died at age 78. Diel died Thursday in a Charlotte retirement community from complications related to his latest stroke, his brother, Danny, told The Charlotte Observer.
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