Ellis & Winters LLP is again ranked as a leading firm in North Carolina in the 2016 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. The firm has been given high ratings in each of its primary areas of practice: antitrust, bankruptcy/restructuring, litigation, and real estate. Chambers USA gives its top rating […]
Stephen D. Feldman Matthew W. Sawchak Matt Sawchak and Stephen Feldman recently spoke at the Fourth Annual North Carolina Business Court CLE, hosted by the Mecklenburg County Bar, on Friday, May 6. Mr. Sawchak presented on litigating claims under North Carolina’s Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act. Mr. Sawchak has authored two articles in the North Carolina Law Review on […]
James M. Weiss Ellis & Winters partner Jamie Weiss has been named to the Defense Research Institute’s Judicial Task Force. The DRI Judicial Task Force was formed in June 2005 to examine issues and problems facing American judges and to determine where DRI might have a role in addressing these matters. Its purpose was spelled […]
By Paul M. Cox The jurisdiction of the North Carolina Court of Appeals is determined by statute. See N.C. Const. art. IV, § 12(2). But the practice and procedure of appellate jurisdiction is determined by the North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure. See N.C. R. App. P. 1(b). So what happens if a statute provides for jurisdiction […]