(CHARLOTTE) Parton Law, PLLC announced today that Attorney Corey V. Parton has been inducted into the 2019 North Carolina Pro Bono Honor Society.  As a whole, the 2019 inductees provided nearly 40,000 hours of pro bono legal services as defined by Rule 6.1 of the North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct. 

This recognition from the North Carolina Pro Bono Resource Center is given to attorneys who have made valuable legal contributions to persons of limited means throughout the past year.  Each attorney chosen has provided a minimum of fifty total hours of pro bono legal services.  In a message to the State’s attorneys, North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasly stated, “This is an affirmation of the highest ideals of our noble profession” (https://bit.ly/2XhCxOE).  
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Read more about the 2019 North Carolina Pro Bono Honor Society here: https://bit.ly/36pWC9E 

(CHARLOTTE) Parton & Associates, PLLC announced that both Attorney Corey V. Parton and Attorney Joseph “Burton” Powell were listed on the 2020 North Carolina Rising Stars list.
 
This list, presented by Super Lawyers, honors lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice. In order to be eligible, a candidate must be either 40 years old or younger or have been in practice for 10 years or less.  All nominated attorneys will go through an extensive selection process.  Each year, only 5% of lawyers in the state are selected by the Super Lawyers research team to be considered to receive this honor.  No more than 2.5% of attorneys in North Carolina will actually receive this distinction. 
 
Super Lawyers, part of Thomas Reuters, is a nationally recognized rating service comprised of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas.  Each one has attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.  The site’s objective is to provide a patented multiphase process conducted through nominations independent research, peer evaluation, and final selection.  For more information about Super Lawyers and the selection process for Rising Stars, visit https://www.superlawyers.com/about/selection_process_detail.html.

Attorney Corey Parton quoted in an article published by the Charlotte Observer regarding Scrutiny from Animal Rights Activists and Circus Restrictions.  

Attorney Corey Parton has once again been selected for inclusion in the Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” listing for 2019.

Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, generates an annual selection of outstanding attorneys from each state who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.  The selections are made using a patented multiphase process which includes a statewide survey of lawyers, a 12 factor evaluation by Super Lawyers and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys.  Five percent of attorneys are designated as North Carolina Super Lawyers and only 2.5% are designated as North Carolina Rising Stars. 

Attorney Parton’s Super Lawyers Profile

Excellent article written by our close colleague, Ryan Stowe at Polaris Law Firm, reminding attorneys of the importance the role Counselor At Law plays to indigent clients.
https://www.ncbar.gov/media/730485/journal-23-4.pdf 

Parton & Associates Founder and Managing Partner, Corey V. Parton, is the Moderator for the NBI, Inc. Criminal Court Judicial Forum being held today in Charlotte, NC.  The seminar, 
As Judges See It: Top Mistakes Attorneys Make in Criminal Litigation, has quite an impressive panel of North Carolina Judges: Judge Jeffrey Carpenter, Judge Robert Ervin, Judge Daniel Kuehnert, Judge William Pomeroy and Judge Christopher Bragg.  A few of the interesting topics for discussion are: Inadequately Reading and Requesting Necessary Discovery; Failing to Object When Merited or Making Pointless Objections; Not Being Prepared for Trial, Testifying, Hearings and Sentencing; and Top Ethical Mistakes Being Made in Criminal Litigation.  Use these links to learn more about today’s Criminal Court Judicial Forum or NBI, Inc. and upcoming Continuing Legal Educations Seminars.

Congratulations to Parton & Associates Founder and Managing Partner, Corey V. Parton, for his 5 Years of Service Recognition from Martindale-Hubbell.  Attorney Parton has been practicing law in Charlotte, North Carolina since 2013, winning settlements for his clients in the areas of Commercial Litigation and finding the best possible outcomes for his clients facing charges in Criminal Defense.  

Congratulations to Corey V. Parton for being selected by Marquis Who’s Who to be profiled in the 2018 volume.  Marquis Who’s Who selects men and women from around the globe whose achievements influence the people of today and provides their biographical information for public record and for posterity.  Individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value including position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in their field. http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/454411/parton-associates-celebrates-10-years-of-combined-practiced-experience-in-law