Matthew W. Sawchak Dixie T. Wells Ellis & Winters partners Matt Sawchak and Dixie Wells recently presented at the 2014 annual meeting of the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (NCADA). The event was held June 12th through 14th in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Participants in the meeting included approximately 150 North Carolina […]
Andrew S. Chamberlin On June 1, 2012, a large fire destroyed a manufacturing plant in Morelia, Mexico. Damages from the fire were estimated to be in the range of 75 million U.S. dollars. Andrew Chamberlin of Ellis & Winters LLP represented a major lighting manufacturer during the investigation of the fire and throughout the ensuring product liability litigation. On May […]
For the tenth consecutive year, Chambers USA has accorded leading rankings in North Carolina to Ellis & Winters and seven of its lawyers. In the 2014 edition of Chambers USA, the firm is highly rated in each of its primary areas of practice: antitrust, bankruptcy/restructuring, litigation, and real estate. Ellis & Winters, with […]
Ellis & Winters LLP has launched “What’s Fair? A Blog on the Law of Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices.” The blog discusses an important and unclear area of the law: the North Carolina law that awards triple damages for a largely undefined category of conduct: “unfair and deceptive acts and […]