John Babcock joined the Lawyers Mutual Board of Directors in 2012. John practices with Wall Babcock LLP in Winston-Salem where he has extensive experience in corporate, tax and securities law matters, mergers and acquisitions and commercial business transactions. John graduated with distinction from the University of Michigan-Dearborn and magna cum laude from the Wake Forest University School of Law, also earning an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University. John teaches as an adjunct professor of law at Wake Forest University. He was recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in America® and listed in North Carolina Super Lawyers and Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite. Mr. Babcock is active with the North Carolina Bar Association Tax Section, serving as the current Treasurer, and as a past Secretary and council member.
North Carolina Court of Appeals issues an opinion requiring the parties, and not the attorneys on behalf of the parties, to sign memoranda of settlement from mediations in order for the settlement to be enforceable.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the United States Postal Service has modified its Signature Services procedures for Certified Mail and mail requiring signature deliveries