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On Nov. 9, Wilmington Partner Colleen Shea served as a volunteer at a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center for New Hanover County in Wilmington.  Colleen was one of several volunteer attorneys who offered brief advice and counsel regarding landlord/tenant law, consumer law and insurance law.   Wilmington and surrounding towns and counties sustained significant damage from Hurricane Florence and were declared federal disaster areas.  … Read More

Dawn Lane, a partner at Cranfill Sumner LLP, was featured in the Oct. 25 edition of “Foundation Spotlight,” the North Carolina Bar Foundation newsletter. Dawn was featured in the article “Wills for Heroes Volunteers Provide Peace of Mind for First Responders” which highlighted the Wills for Heroes program.… Read More

Missy Donovan has been appointed to the Committee Chair position as the Paralegal Division Liaison for the North Carolina Bar Association’s Appellate Practice Section for the 2018-2019 term.  Missy will represent the Paralegal Division at the Appellate Practice Section meetings. … Read More

Jerri Simmons, a partner in the Charlotte office of Cranfill Sumner LLP, was recently appointed to serve as Workers’ Compensation Section Chair of the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys.… Read More

Attorneys and friends of Cranfill Sumner LLP joined other members of the business community for the WakeMed Kick it 4 Kids Kickball Tournament on July 21.… Read More

Rebecca Knudson, Of Counsel with Cranfill Sumner LLP, recently participated in the Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity Women Build Project in Wilmington. Rebecca helped build a home and raised funds to support the Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity Women Build 2018 project, which occurred May 5-12.… Read More

The offices of Cranfill Sumner LLP recently participated in the Legal Feeding Frenzy.  The offices donated 98 pounds of food and raised more than $1,600 in funds to benefit Feeding the Carolinas, which totaled 6,562.5 pounds of food for families in need.… Read More

Kara Gansmann, an Elder Law and Estate Planning attorney with Cranfill Sumner LLP (Cranfill Sumner), was recently appointed to the NC Bar Elder Law & Special Needs Law Section Council, as a voting member of the council.… Read More

In celebration of the season of giving, Cranfill Sumner LLP participated in holiday giving programs statewide.… Read More

Jennifer Morris Jones, a partner in the Raleigh office of Cranfill Sumner LLP, has been appointed to the position of Vice Chair of the Technology Subcommittee for DRI’s Women in the Law Committee. Her term began in December 2017.… Read More