Recent News
Michael S. Fox appointed by Governor Beverly Purdue to seat on the North Carolina Board of Transportation
Tuggle Duggins is pleased to announce that Governor Beverly Perdue has appointed Michael Fox, a partner at the firm, to a seat on the North Carolina Board of Transportation. Fox’s practice includes extensive land use experience which encompasses many transportation issues. Fox has been selected annually since 2008 by his peers as one of “The Best Lawyers in America”™ in the category of land use and zoning. Fox also gained knowledge of transportation issues by serving on the Greensboro Planning Board for six years from 2003 to 2009. Fox was Chairman of the Planning Board from 2007 to 2009.
Fox has been involved in numerous community and non-profit organizations. He has held leadership roles in the North Carolina Bar Association, the Salvation Army Boys and Girls Clubs, Once Step Further, Inc., Leadership Greensboro, The North Carolina Chamber of Commerce and the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce. Fox has also served as the Chairman of the USS North Carolina Battleship Commission.
Fox is a 1989 graduate of the University of North Carolina School of Law where he was the recipient of the Franklin D. Dupree, Sr. Scholarship. Fox was a Chancellor’s Scholar at Appalachian State University where he graduated Suma Cum Laude in 1986. Fox’s prior public service includes that of a Special Prosecutor for the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office, a local Assistant Prosecutor in Atlanta, Georgia, and an aide to a U.S. Congressman.
Michael Fox being sworn in by Court of Appeals Judge Robert Hunter.
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ROBERT C. CONE ELECTED TO THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR COUNCIL
Bob Cone has been elected by the membership of the Guilford County Bar to serve a three-year term as a member of the North Carolina State Bar Council.
The Council is the governing body of the North Carolina State Bar, which regulates lawyers and the practice of law in North Carolina.
With over 30 years of experience, Bob concentrates his practice in litigation and mediation. He received both his undergraduate and law degrees from UNC-CH, where he was a Morehead Scholar.
Bob is a past president of the Greensboro Bar Association and a member of the National Conference of Bar Presidents.
Recognized for his work as a trial lawyer, Bob is a member of the Guilford Inn of Court, where he is a Master of the Bench. He is also a former member of the Dispute Resolution Council of the North Carolina Bar Association.
Active in civic affairs, Bob chairs the Moses Cone ~ Wesley Long Community Health Foundation and is the vice-chairman of the Greensboro Urban Ministry. He is a past chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Greensboro Public Library and a past president of the Rotary Club of Greensboro.
Seven Tuggle Duggins Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America
Tuggle Duggins is pleased to announce that the following firm attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2009 (Copyright 2007 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.):
James N. Duggins, Jr. (Tax)
Michael S. Fox (Land Use & Zoning)
David F. Meschan (Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights)
H. Vaughn Ramsey (Tax)
Richard J. Tuggle (Tax)
Wayne E. Tumlin (Corporate Law-Securities, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Securities Law)
Michael J. Wenig (Tax)
Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 25,000 leading attorneys cast almost two million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”
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Seven tuggle duggins attorneys named super lawyers; The firm is proud to announce that Richard J. Tuggle and James n. duggins, jr. were named to the top 100
Tuggle Duggins is pleased to announce that seven of its attorneys were recently named to the 2009 List of North Carolina's top attorneys in Super Lawyers magazine. The firm is proud to announce that Richard J. Tuggle and James N. Duggins, Jr. were named to the Top 100 North Carolina List in the magazine. Only five percent of the lawyers in the state are named by Super Lawyers. The following attorneys were named to the 2009 List:
Bradley L. Jacobs (Estate Planning/ Probate)
Richard J. Tuggle (Tax)
James N. Duggins, Jr. (Tax)
H. Vaughn Ramsey (Business/Corporate)
Michael J. Wenig (Closely Held Business)
William G. Burgin, III (Real Estate)
Kenneth J. Gumbiner (Alternative Dispute Resolution)
The selections for Super Lawyers are made by Law & Politics, a division of Key Professional Media, Inc. Each year, Law & Politics undertakes a rigorous multi-phase selection process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, independent evaluation of candidates by Law & Politics’ attorney-led research staff, a peer review of candidates by practice area, and a good-standing and disciplinary check.
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BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA NAMES three TUGGLE DUGGINS ATTORNEYS IN LEGAL ELITE 2009
Tuggle Duggins is pleased to announce that three of its attorneys were selected by their peers to be listed in Business North Carolina's Legal Elite for 2008. Kenneth J. Gumbiner was selected for Construction and Litigation, D. Ross Hamilton was selected for Employment and Michael J. Wenig was selected for Tax and Estate Planning.
Since 2002, Business North Carolina magazine has honored North Carolina's top lawyers in fourteen business-related categories, as chosen by their peers. This year, only three percent of the state's attorneys were chosen, based on surveys sent to all active members of the N.C. State Bar. Voting attorneys could not select themselves, and they could only vote for members of their own firms if they also picked out-of-firm lawyers in the same categories. Out-of –firm votes were weighted more heavily.
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Maine Attorney Recognized in "Best Lawyers in America"
Returns Home to Greensboro and Joins Tuggle Duggins
Tuggle Duggins is pleased to announce that Wayne E. Tumlin will be joining the firm's Business and Tax practice group. Wayne has spent the past twelve years in Portland, Maine, where he was a member of the Business Law practice group of Bernstein Shur and focused his practice on mergers and acquisitions, securities law and private equity transactions. Wayne was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in the The Best Lawyers in America 2008 © in the fields of corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and private equity, and securities law (Copyright 2007 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).
Wayne grew up in Greensboro, and he is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He graduated cum laude from New York Law School and earned an LLM in Securities Law and Financial Regulation from Georgetown University. Wayne is admitted to practice in Maine, Connecticut, Maryland and the District of Columbia. Wayne is not admitted to practice in North Carolina, but has applied for admission in North Carolina.
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JEFF DUNHAM TO PRESENT AT REAL ESTATE SEMINAR
Jeff Dunham will present a segment at the upcoming North Carolina Real Estate Title Defects and Restrictions seminar in Greensboro on August 14, 2008. The seminar will be a practical one-day program for attorneys, title insurance agents, paralegals, and realtors. Jeff’s segment is Understanding Title Issues Created by Mortgages. Other topics for the one-day seminar will include foreclosures, restrictive covenants, mechanic’s liens, easements and land use restrictions.
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