Ellis & Winters LLP announced today that nationally recognized trial attorney, J. Donald Cowan, Jr., has joined the firm. Cowan has had a strong North Carolina-based practice for more than thirty-five years. He will continue to maintain offices in both Greensboro and Raleigh. As part of the firm’s strategic growth plans, […]
Ellis & Winters LLP is extremely pleased to announce that nine of our fourteen partners have been named North Carolina Super Lawyers for 2008. Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 60 practice areas, selected by their peers to create a comprehensive listing of outstanding attorneys that can […]
This article previously appeared in The Constitutionalist (January 2007). It is reprinted with permission. By Stephen C. Keadey On the last day of the Supreme Court’s 2006 term, the Court issued its much-anticipated decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 126 S. Ct. 2749 (2006), the most recent chapter in its war-on-terror jurisprudence. […]
This article previously appeared in The Constitutionalist (Sept. 2006). It is reprinted with permission. By Stephen D. Feldman In Garcetti v. Ceballos, 126 S. Ct. 1951 (2006), the Supreme Court, in a 5—4 decision, held that speech uttered by a government employee pursuant to his official duties does not receive First […]