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Ragsdale Liggett Attorney Appointed To Housing Works Universal Design Institute Board Of Directors

by MMI

RALEIGH, N.C. – Ragsdale Liggett PLLC has announced that Melissa Dewey Brumback, partner at the firm, has been named to the Board of Directors for Housing Works Universal Design Institute. In her two-year term as a board member, Brumback will help oversee the corporation, review the budget and make sure the missions and goals are consistently met. The Universal Design Institute works to promote the design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for specialized design.

As an attorney at Ragsdale Liggett PLLC, Brumback focuses on complex commercial, business and construction litigation. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the North Carolina Bar Association, the Wake County Bar Association and the 10th Judicial District Court. Brumback is a previous recipient of the 40 Under 40 Award, given by the Triangle Business Journal to respected leaders under the age of 40 who are making a difference in the Triangle community. She resides in Chapel Hill.

“I am honored to have been named to the Board of Directors for Housing Works Universal Design Institute,” said Brumback. “It is important for all people, regardless of disabilities, to be able to be fully integrated in the community.”

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.

About Housing Works Universal Design Institute:
Housing Works Universal Design Institute, founded in 1997, is an international non-profit organization based in North Carolina dedicated to promoting the concept and practice of accessible and universal design. The Institute’s work manifests the belief that all new environments and products, to the greatest extent possible, should and can be usable by everyone regardless of age, ability or circumstance.

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