by Gilbert Andia, Jr. | Jul 12, 2017 | News
Higgins Benjamin, PLLC, is pleased to announce that Margaret McNairy Chase has become a partner in the firm. Chase, who joined the firm in 2014, is a graduate of Wake Forest University School of Law and received her undergraduate degree in Political Science from... by Gilbert Andia, Jr. | Jun 30, 2017 | News
Peter D. Isakoff authored an article entitled “H.B.2 — A Lesson from History” that was published in the Elon Law Review, Volume 9, Issue No. 1. The article compares the Federal government’s threat to cut federal education funding to North... by Gilbert Andia, Jr. | May 30, 2017 | News
Higgins Benjamin, PLLC, is pleased to announce that Frederick L. (Fred) Berry has joined the firm as a partner. He is a veteran litigator who has secured multi-million- dollar recoveries for his injured clients, and he has been co-lead counsel in significant consumer... by Gilbert Andia, Jr. | Feb 2, 2017 | News
Higgins Benjamin is pleased to announce that four (4) of its attorneys have been selected to the 2017 North Carolina Super Lawyers® List. Every year, Super Lawyers® recognizes attorneys who have distinguished themselves in their legal practice areas. Only five... by Jonathan Wall | Oct 11, 2016 | Blog, Employment Agreements, Noncompetition, North Carolina Employment Law
Noncompetition agreements (“non-competes”) present thorny issues. In most cases, you have a former employee who has signed a black-and-white contract prohibiting him or her from engaging in certain employment, and the employee goes and does the one thing that the... by Jonathan Wall | Mar 21, 2016 | News
The North Carolina Supreme Court rejected the notion that private parties can enlist the courts to re-write overly broad noncompetition provisions so that they can be enforced. Rejecting the lower court’s straying from the strict blue-pencil rule, Justice... by Gilbert Andia, Jr. | Feb 5, 2016 | News
Two lawyers from Higgins Benjamin were named by Business North Carolina magazine as the Legal Elite in their individual field of legal practice. Jonathan Wall was selected as Legal Elite in Employment Law; Bert Andia was selected as Legal Elite in Intellectual... by Gilbert Andia, Jr. | Apr 9, 2015 | News
Business North Carolina magazine asks lawyers to nominate their peers that they think are the state’s best practitioners in their field. Ballots were made available to more than 20,000 North Carolina lawyers. Those receiving the most votes make up the legal... by Gilbert Andia, Jr. | Apr 9, 2015 | News
Bert Andia represented Caveators in a proceeding designed to find a codicil to a will as being invalid due to lack of the testator’s mental capacity. The evidence established that the testator was hospitalized in a mental in-patient facility undergoing... by Peter D Isakoff | Feb 4, 2015 | Blog, Landlord Tenant Law
By Peter Isakoff, Associate Attorney, Higgins Benjamin, PLLC As a landlord, taking a tenant to court can be a confusing and daunting process. A common reason landlords take tenants to court is when tenants default on leases by not paying rent. North Carolina law,...