Disclaimer: inside baseball, and also baseball, contained within. In baseball’s version of the “pick-off,” a baserunner is caught standing too far from base and tagged out. In the legal world, defendants sometimes “pick off” a class action by mooting the named plaintiff’s individual claim before a class has been certified. […]
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Like most of us, three small business owners from Winston-Salem, North Carolina are unhappy about the effects of the Coronavirus on the health and economic prospects of North Carolina’s citizens. Taking matters into their own hands, in Patella v. People’s Republic of China, No. 1:20-cv-00433 (M.D.N.C. May 15, 2020), the three Winston-Salemites […]
January 30, 2020
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Ellis & Winters LLP is pleased to announce that 21 firm attorneys were recognized by their peers as North Carolina Super Lawyers® and “Rising Stars” for 2020. Additionally, firm managing partner, Leslie Packer was voted one of the Top 10 Attorneys in North Carolina, one of the Top 50 Women Attorneys […]
October 22, 2019
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Ellis & Winters LLP has once again received the highest rating for litigation practices in North Carolina, as noted in Benchmark Litigation’s 2020 edition. The annual guide to top U.S. litigation practices ranks Ellis & Winters as one of seven law firms ranked as “highly recommended” in North Carolina. Seven […]