RALEIGH, N.C. – Ragsdale Liggett PLLC (www.rl-law.com) has announced that Dottie Burch, partner in the firm, has been elected to the board of directors for the North Carolina Horse Council, a nonprofit corporation that represents and furthers the common interest of the entire equine industry in all 100 counties of North Carolina. Burch, who heads up the firm’s equine law group, is an avid horsewoman with years of experience in the equine industry from legal, business and personal perspectives.
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“We are pleased that Dottie has been recognized with this honor,” said Frank R. Liggett III, a founding member and managing partner at the firm. “She has tremendous knowledge and experience in the equine field and will no doubt be an asset to the board.”
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– As one of the few law firms in North Carolina that practices equine law, Ragsdale Liggett will help equine professionals address their legal needs, including document preparation and review, litigation, and lobbying and government regulations.
– For more information and a detailed list of services from the firm’s equine group, visit www.rl-law.com/equinelaw.html.
– For more information on the North Carolina Horse Council, visit www.nchorsecouncil.com.
ABOUT RAGSDALE LIGGETT PLLC:
The law firm of Ragsdale Liggett PLLC is comprised of lawyers with extensive legal expertise across a broad range of practice areas, as well as experienced non-lawyer professionals. Known for their innovations in the arena of corporate law, real estate and complex litigation, Ragsdale Liggett lawyers are equipped to handle all of the legal needs of businesses including formation, day-to-day business counseling, acquisition, disposition, merger and dissolution of companies ranging in size from small local businesses to national financial institutions and large international insurance conglomerates. The diverse real estate practice group at Ragsdale Liggett handles a wide variety of real estate transactions, from residential purchases and sales to all aspects of commercial real estate development, including entity formation, final project completion, complex public and private bond financing transactions, and the privatization of university student housing. Since its formation in 1972, the firm has developed an extraordinary reputation in the area of civil litigation and has enjoyed significant courtroom successes ranging from state and federal courts to the United States Supreme Court in areas with far-reaching implications, such as insurance/reinsurance coverage disputes, shareholder derivative actions, ERISA disputes, professional negligence defense, accountants liability actions, catastrophic personal injury defense and complex construction disputes. In 2008, the firm formally established a lobbying and government relations group comprised of both lawyer and non-lawyer professionals that represents client interests before the North Carolina General Assembly, the executive branch and various state agencies. For more information, please call (919) 787-5200 or view the firm’s Web site at www.rl-law.com.
