The Young Lawyers Division of the North Carolina Bar Association will host its annual Ask-A-Lawyer Day at 10 locations across the state on Saturday, Feb. 1. Citizens who wish to speak with an attorney free of charge are invited to do so on this date at the times and locations denoted below.
Anyone with questions about specific legal issues or the legal system in general is urged to take advantage of this unique public service program. Lawyers will be on hand throughout the day to meet one-on-one, face-to-face, with interested individuals in Asheville, Burlington, Burnsville, Chapel Hill, Durham, Charlotte, Greensboro, Hickory, Wilmington and Winston-Salem.
Ask-A-Lawyer Day is being coordinated by the YLD’s Civic Education and Community Relations Committee which is co-chaired by Stephen Cash, Nicholas Bakatsias and Jeremy Shrader.
Locations, times and event coordinators for the 2014 YLD Ask-A-Lawyer Day are:
Asheville:
Location: Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood Street, Asheville, NC 28801
Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Event Coordinator: Shannon Barclay, 828-254-0565, Ingrid Friesen, P.A., 77 Church Street, Asheville, NC 28801
Burlington:
Location: May Memorial Library, 342 S. Spring Street, Burlington, NC 27215
Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Event Coordinator: Nick Bakatsias, njb@crlaw.com, 336-379-8651, Carruthers & Roth, P.A., 235 N. Edgeworth Street, Greensboro, NC 27401
Burnsville:
Location: United Community Bank, Community Room, 603 E Bypass, Burnsville, NC 28714
Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Event Coordinator: Morgan Peterson, mpeterson@roberts-stevens.com, 828-210-6803, Roberts and Stevens, BB&T Building, Suite 1100, One West Pack Square, Asheville, NC 28802
Chapel Hill:
Location: 100 Library Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Event Coordinator: James (“Jim”) Baker, jbaker@hedrickgardner.com, 919-719-3712, Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo LLP, 4011 Westchase Blvd., Suite 300, Raleigh, NC 27607
Charlotte:
Location: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library’s ImaginON, 300 East Seventh Street, Charlotte, NC 28202
Time: 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Event Coordinator: Elias Admassu, eadmassu@hedrickgardner.com, 704-602-8013, Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo, 6000 Fairview Road, Suite 1000, Charlotte, NC 28210
Durham:
Location: Durham North Regional Library, 221 Milton Road, Durham, NC 27712
Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Event Coordinator: Colin Shive, cshive@tharringtonsmith.com, 919-821-4711, Tharrington Smith, LLP, 150 Fayetteville Street, Suite 1800, Raleigh, NC 27602
Greensboro
Location: Central Library, 219 N. Church Street, Greensboro, NC 27401
Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Event Coordinator: Jeffrey Reichard, JReichard@nexsenpruet.com, 336-387-5139, Nexsen Pruet, LLC, 701 Green Valley Road, Suite 100, Greensboro, North Carolina, 27408
Hickory:
Location: 1st floor meeting room at the Patrick Beaver Memorial Library, 375 3rd Street NE, Hickory, NC 28601
Time: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Event Coordinator: Amber Reinhardt: Amber.Reinhardt@sigmonclark.com, 828-328-2596, Sigmon, Clark, Mackie, Hanvey & Ferrell, P.A., 420 3rd Ave NW # B, Hickory, NC 28601
Wilmington:
Location: Independence Mall, 3500 Oleander Drive, Wilmington, NC 28403. Event will take place in the old Abercrombie Kids store, which is close to the Food Court and next to the Express store.
Time: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Event Coordinator: Nicole Shoemaker, nshoemaker@hedrickgardner.com, 910-795-2217, Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo, 1838 Sir Tyler Drive, Suite 200, Wilmington, NC 28405
Winston-Salem:
Location: Forsyth Central Library, 660 W. Fifth St., Winston Salem, NC 27101
Time: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Event Coordinator: Toni Grace, tjg@blancolaw.com, 336-293-9000, Stratford Point Building (5th Floor), 110 South Stratford Road, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27104-4299