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Jon David Hensarling Named To International Affairs Council Board Of Directors

by MMI

RALEIGH, N.C. – Ragsdale Liggett PLLC has announced that Jon David Hensarling, associate attorney at the firm, has been named to the board of directors of the International Affairs Council (IAC), a nonprofit organization that promotes understanding of world affairs, citizen-to-citizen diplomacy and the recognition of North Carolina as a center of education, culture and business. The IAC, which began in 1973 as the Research Triangle International Visitors Center, plans itineraries for visiting international dignitaries and professionals interested in business development, education and other topics, as well as hosts events that bring high-profile speakers from around the world to the Triangle. As a board member, Hensarling will help carry out the IAC’s mission of improving international relations, raising awareness of national and global issues, and attracting foreign dignitaries and professionals to the state.

Hensarling is an associate attorney in the litigation department at Ragsdale Liggett PLLC. He studied at Leningrad Polytechnic University in Russia and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Russian/Soviet Studies and History from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., in 1992. He earned his Juris Doctor in 1996 at the University of Houston Law Center in Houston and received his Master of Liberal Arts in Russian Studies in 2005 from St. Thomas University, also in Houston. Hensarling is a member of the North Carolina State Bar, the State Bar of Texas and the District of Columbia Bar. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. court of appeals for the Fourth, Fifth, and D.C. circuits, as well as the District of Columbia Circuit Court, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, and the U.S. District courts for the Southern, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. A native of Houston, Hensarling resides in Raleigh with his wife and two sons.

”I am honored to have been named to the International Affairs Council board of directors,” said Hensarling. “Continuing to attract international professionals and public figures to North Carolina is essential to helping our state’s businesses and promoting understanding between different cultures.”

About International Affairs Council:
International Affairs Council (IAC) is a nonprofit organization that promotes understanding of world affairs, citizen-to-citizen diplomacy and the recognition of North Carolina as a center of education, culture and business. IAC, which began in 1973 as the Research Triangle International Visitors Center (IVC), plans itineraries for visiting international dignitaries and professionals interested in business development, education and other topics, as well as hosts events that bring high-profile speakers from around the world to the Triangle. After beginning as a service of the office of the University of North Carolina’s then-president Terry Sanford, IVC was incorporated under N.C. law on July 30, 1975 as a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization. During the early 1980s, the organization was revitalized and moved to a larger office space with additional staff thanks to the support of Dr. William Friday, who was president of the UNC system at that time. In 1986, the name of the organization was changed to International Visitors Council. Since then, the organization has quadrupled the number of visitors it hosts each year to over 600 and now has six staff members. In 2002, IVC merged with Triangle World Affairs Council to become International Visitors Council/World Affairs Council. In 2005, the board of directors appointed a special committee that decided on the current permanent name: International Affairs Council. IAC’s mission is to improve international relations, raise awareness of national and global issues and attract foreign dignitaries and professionals to the state. It receives grant funding from the U.S. Department of the State, corporate and philanthropic foundations, individual members and numerous other sources. For more information, visit www.iacnc.org.

About Ragsdale Liggett, PLLC:
The law firm of Ragsdale Liggett, PLLC, is comprised of lawyers with extensive legal expertise across a broad range of practice areas, as well as experienced non-lawyer professionals. Known for their innovations in the arena of corporate law, Ragsdale Liggett lawyers are equipped to handle all of a business’ legal needs, including formation, day-to-day business counseling, acquisition, disposition, merger and dissolution of companies ranging in size from small local businesses to national financial institutions and large international insurance conglomerates. The diverse real estate practice group at Ragsdale Liggett handles a wide variety of real estate transactions, from residential purchases and sales to all aspects of commercial real estate development, including entity formation, final project completion, complex public and private bond financing transactions, and the privatization of university student housing. Since its formation in 1972, the firm has developed an extraordinary reputation in the area of civil litigation and has enjoyed significant courtroom successes ranging from local state courts to the United States Supreme Court in areas with far-reaching implications, such as insurance/reinsurance coverage disputes, shareholder derivative actions, ERISA disputes, professional negligence defense, accountants liability actions, catastrophic personal injury defense and complex construction disputes. In 2008, the firm formally established a lobbying and government relations group comprised of both lawyer and non-lawyer professionals which represents client interests before the North Carolina General Assembly, the executive branch and various state agencies. For more information, please call (919) 787-5200 or view the firm’s Web site at www.rl-law.com.

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