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Lawyers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of North Carolina has declared a policyholder dividend equal to 5.5% of the final premium paid on your 2021 policy.  This dividend, which totals close to $1 million, will be paid at policy expiration and represents the seventeenth time since 1999 that Lawyers Mutu… Read More

With an impressive career at Lawyers Mutual that spanned more than three decades, Bob Neal retired February 28, 2022.  Will Batten, Controller, and member of the Finance Team for 13 years, assumed the role of VP of Finance March 1st.  We are extremely fortunate that Will is ready and able to step into… Read More

Lawyers Mutual is pleased to welcome Shawn Singleton, a 1L at NC Central School of Law, as a summer intern. Shawn hails from Virginia Beach, Virginia and earned his undergraduate degree from Old Dominion University.   Shawn joins the Lawyers Mutual team for six weeks, working in the Cary office as well as… Read More

Cary, N.C. – Lawyers Mutual is pleased to announce a change to its Board of Directors. Sharon Parker has become the Chairperson of the Board of Directors at Lawyers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of North Carolina after serving on the Board for 22 years. During her tenure, she has been the Chairp… Read More

Tom Lenfestey and Camille Stell are releasing a new book for lawyers contemplating their next stage, Designing a Succession Plan for Your Law Practice: A Step-by-Step Guide for Preparing Your Firm for Maximum Value. The book, edited by Jay Reeves, is available for purchase on Amazon:  https://www.amaz… Read More

Cary, N.C. —Lawyers Mutual is pleased to announce and celebrate Claims Attorney, Laura Loyek, as she begins a term as President of the North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys (NCAWA). Laura has been an active member with the NCAWA since 2010 and with the Lawyers Mutual Claims Team for 12 years. &ld… Read More

Lawyers Mutual is pleased to welcome Quax-Shawn Bryce Wembley (Quay), a 1L at NC Central School of Law, as a summer intern. Lawyers Mutual engaged the North Carolina Bar Association’s Minorities in the Profession (MIP)Summer Associate Program to hire one of the state’s brightest minority law st… Read More

Cary, N.C. - A Lawyers Mutual mainstay who helped create a claims department that became the gold standard for professional liability insurers across the country is retiring after 35 years. John Hester was Lawyers Mutual’s first full-time claims attorney when he was hired in 1985. Since then, he has guid… Read More

Lawyers Mutual proudly announces that Board of Directors member William “Bill” Pappas received the first Alfred L. Purrington III Memorial Public Service Award presented by the Business Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association on Friday, February 14, at the section annual meeting in Pinehur… Read More

Lawyers Mutual Consulting and Services (LMCS) published its first book entitled “The Most Powerful Attorney in the World” in November 2019. The book, which was written by Jay Reeves, is a collection of short stories from a “Law Life well-lived.” While Reeves’ book is the first pub… Read More

Lawyers Mutual Senior Claims Counsel, Mark Scruggs has been selected as a recipient of The John B. McMillan Distinguished Service Award. The John B. McMillan Distinguished Service Award program honors current and retired members of the North Carolina State Bar throughout the state who have demonstrated exemplar… Read More

Lawyers Mutual is pleased to announce that the North Carolina Association for Women Attorneys (NCAWA) has named Lawyers Mutual Claims Counsel Laura Loyek as President-Elect. The NCAWA made the announcement at the Annual Conference during their Annual Meeting of Membership, which was held on the afternoon of Oct… Read More

Lawyers Mutual is pleased to welcome Cynthia Hernandez, a 1L at Elon University School of Law.  Lawyers Mutual partnered once again with the North Carolina Bar Association’s Minorities in the Profession (“MIP”) Summer Associate Program to hire one of the state’s brightest minority l… Read More

Belinda and John Hester created a new endowed scholarship for Native American students who attend North Carolina State University. It is believed that this is the first scholarship specifically for Native Americans in North Carolina. In a Legacy Statement Belinda and John stated: "We are honored to be foundin… Read More

Angela McIlveen of the McIlveen Family Law Firm and Ellen Wortman of Marshall, Williams & Gorham, LLP have been named to the Lawyers Mutual Board. Their terms will begin on May 10, 2019. Board members Ken McAllister and O. Richard Wright, Jr. will be stepping down. Ken McAllister joined the Lawyers M… Read More