Month: September 2014

Sixteen Tharrington Smith attorneys have received Martindale-Hubbell ratings.  The rating includes a General Ethical Standards Rating and a Legal Ability Rating.  An attorney must receive a General Ethical Professional Standards rating of V (Very High) before his or her legal abilities can be reviewed.  Legal Ability Ratings consider several qualifications, including an attorney’s expertise, specialization,

Our very own Wade Smith and his band Bloomsbury will be performing at Raleigh Little Theater tomorrow, Friday, January 25 at 8:00 pm. Concert proceeds will benefit PineCone, the Piedmont Council of Traditional Music-Dedicated to preserving, presenting, and promoting traditional music, dance, and other folk performing arts. Tickets will be available tomorrow; however if purchased

For the fourth consecutive year, the Criminal and Family Law sections of Tharrington Smith have received Metro Bravo! Readers’ Choice Awards by Metro Magazine.  Each year, North Carolina readers from the Triangle to the coast vote for the best businesses and professional services in a variety of categories. The Metro Bravo! Readers Choice Awards are announced in

Cyclists Wade Smith and Lynn Burleson just completed the 20th Annual Bike MS tour in New Bern. Wade and Lynn ride for the Selma Cyclepaths team and together they have pedaled in eighteen MS tours. This year they each rode one hundred fifty miles during this two-day event. For the fourth consecutive year, the Cyclepaths

Judge Bob Bryant describes the rise of the Selma Cyclepaths in a recent article published in the North Carolina State Bar Journal.  Read the full article here.

Attending Continuing Legal Education classes is not simply a requirement of maintaining an active law license in North Carolina, it ensures that the practice of law remains informed and evolving as the laws and dynamics of society change. Every state bar requires that attorneys practicing law in that state take a certain number of hours

Tharrington Smith’s Family Law attorneys understand the extraordinary personal crisis that divorce brings to spouses, children and extended family members. By working closely with each client, our experienced attorneys apply their broad knowledge and expertise to each case with the utmost sensitivity. As we guide clients through the process, we do not simply ask our

Tharrington Smith donates $10,000 to UNC judicial education The Tharrington Smith law firm in Raleigh has donated $10,000 to the School of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The gift will be added to the school’s Judicial Education Endowment Fund, which supports professional education to improve North Carolina’s judicial processes. Through

Tharrington Smith, LLP, recently gave 34 of its computers to the United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI)-North Carolina, to help support the local refugee community. “As you can imagine, most refugees could not think of purchasing a computer, but functioning in this society without computer skills and access is very difficult,” said Debra

Join our own musician-in-residence, Wade Smith, and his fellow band mates for a performance to benefit the Joel Lane Museum House this coming August 16th from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. The Joel Lane Museum House is hosting its first “Concert in the Courtyard” on Thursday, August 16 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. Known as the