public official immunity; sufficiency of the complaint; malice or corruption

neglect, dependency, juvenile, findings, childcare, adjudication, disposition

motion to set aside default judgment; interlocutory appeal; substantial right

State employee grievance; administrative law; time period to petition for contested case

child custody; no substantial changes of circumstances affecting welfare of minor child

motion to enforce settlement agreement; N.C.G.S. 7A-38.1(l); statute of frauds; authorized agent; signed by parties

Public employees retirement system; N.C. Gen. Stat. sections 128 and 161; non-accrual of benefits after criminal conduct; conversion of sick leave; U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 10; N.C. Const. art. I., sec. 19 and 27.

Motion to Compel Arbitration; Assignment; Credit Card Agreement

Chapter 50 - custody, home state
Chapter 50B - domestic violence

Administrative Law; Discipline; Just Cause.

Motion to Compel Arbitration; Assignment; Credit Card Agreement

Indictment, Motion to Amend, Substantial Alteration, Prejudice

Second-degree murder; malice theories; Class B1 or B2 felony; motion to strike supplement to record, motion to suppress, resentencing.

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, admission of guilt by counsel, consent to admission by counsel; Improper closing remarks, attack on credibility of expert witness, compensation of expert witness; notice and opportunity to be heard prior to entry of civil judgment for attorneys' fees.

nondisclosure of confidential informant

indictment, alternative theories of guilt, essential elements, jury instructions, fatal variance, abstract theory of guilt, particularity

communicating threats, conditional threat, lawful authority

jury venire composition; showing required to establish unrepresentative venire; timeliness of motion to quash jury venire; renewal of motions and objections denied outside the presence of the jury to preserve issues for appellate review