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Ragsdale Liggett Partner Named Co-Chair Of N.C. Bar Association Young Lawyer’s Division Newsletter Committee

by MMI

RALEIGH, N.C. – Ragsdale Liggett PLLC has announced that Melissa Dewey Brumback, partner at the firm, has been named co-chair of the North Carolina Bar Association Young Lawyer’s Division Newsletter Committee (NCBA YLD). In this position, Brumback will solicit and write articles for the YLD’s quarterly newsletter, The Advocate, and coordinate authorship and publication of articles written by young lawyers, for young lawyers, in the newsletters of the different NCBA Sections.

The Young Lawyer’s Division of the NCBA engages in projects and services which benefit members of the legal profession, the public at large and students at all levels. These activities are implemented through one or more of the committees that comprise the YLD. Involvement in the YLD enables members to establish a network for directed volunteerism and to network with other members of the legal profession in North Carolina. The NCBA is a voluntary organization that seeks to serve the public and the legal profession by promoting the administration of justice and encouraging the highest standards of integrity, competence, civility and well-being of all members of the profession.

As an attorney at Ragsdale Liggett PLLC, Brumback focuses on complex commercial, business and construction litigation. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with Phi Beta Kappa honors and highest distinction in 1994. 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 with her husband, Stephen and daughter, Lillian.

“I am honored to be named the co-chair of the North Carolina Bar Association’s Young Lawyer’s Division Newsletter Committee,” said Brumback. “I look forward to giving my time to benefit members of the legal profession, the public at large and students at all levels.”

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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