Mecklenburg County Bar

Meet Denise L. Presley

Denise L. Presley started her legal career in Boston where she developed a strong belief in providing pro bono services to people and organizations that need but cannot afford a lawyer. She arrived in North Carolina with a predisposition to do pro bono work and started working with nonprofits as part of the MCB Nonprofits...read more.

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5-23-12 Coffee Connections - Practical Advice for Your New Practice
Please join us for Coffee Connections on May 23 for a meet and greet with several of clerks of court and a few magistrates.

5-24-12 Centennial CLE Lecture featuring Jim Rogers of Duke Energy
Presenting Charlotte's Economic Growth and Development featuring Jim Rogers, Chairman, President & CEO of Duke Energy Corporation with a reception to follow.

6-1-12 MCB Finance Committee - Open Meeting
MCB Budgeting Process for FY 2012-13: members may tender budget suggestions to Finance Director Sally Robinson and/or to attend this meeting.

6-28-12 Memorial Service for Eugene C. Hicks III
Friends and colleagues are encouraged to attend and, if desired, say a few words in celebration of Mr. Hick's life.

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Get Involved with Your Bar - COMMITTEES
One way you can get involved with your Bar, develop relationships with your colleagues and advance into a leadership position is to join MCB committees. Each June, the new Bar president appoints a new class of members to each committee - most for a three-year term.

Dr. Mary H. Howerton: 2012 Liberty Bell Award Recipient
This annual Award recognizes an individual who has performed community service that has strengthened the American system of freedom under the law.

2012 Diversity Award Winner - Judge Rickye McKoy-Mitchell
The Julius L. Chambers Diversity Champion Award, which celebrates persons in our community who have advanced the cause of diversity and equal opportunity, was presented to Judge Rickye McKoy-Mitchell.

MBF Accepting Nominations for Board of Directors
Names should be submitted by Mon., May 21, 2012

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Balance

By Robert C. Dortch, Jr.

Balance: "equipoise between contrasting, opposing, or interacting elements"; "a means of judging or deciding"; "mental and emotional steadiness"; "physical equilibrium". Merriam-Webster On-Line Dictionary (and Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, 1986).

I had a conversation with an attorney recently that led to a discussion about the issue many practicing attorneys struggle with throughout their careers: balance. This attorney -- let's call her "Rasheda" -- called me about an area of law my firm specializes in and wanted to know if we could help her. Ultimately our conversation meandered to law firm related issues: how's your practice going, have things picked up, are you hiring anybody - the usual economy-driven topics many of us have struggled with for a few years now....read more.

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