Ragsdale Liggett Attorney Named To Capital Opera Board Of Directors

December 01, 2007 (PRLEAP.COM) Business News
RALEIGH, N.C. – Ragsdale Liggett PLLC (www.rl-law.com) has announced that John Edward McKnight, attorney at the firm, has been named to the Capital Opera board of directors. As a board member, McKnight will serve as informal legal counsel, assist with fundraising efforts and offer public relations support. The Capital Opera, in collaboration with Meredith College, provides creative venues and opportunities for professionally trained and emerging artists in the Triangle, as well as educational experiences for children and operatic performances for the public.

As an attorney at Ragsdale Liggett PLLC, McKnight focuses on general and civil litigation, and handles cases involving construction law, employment law and contract disputes. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the North Carolina Bar Association, the Wake County Bar Association and the 10th Judicial District Court. McKnight resides in Raleigh.

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News Facts:

• John Edward McKnight, attorney at the firm, has been named to the Capital Opera board of directors.
• As a board member, McKnight will serve as informal legal counsel, assist with fundraising efforts and present public relations support.
• The Capital Opera, in collaboration with Meredith College, provides creative venues and opportunities for professionally trained and emerging artists in the Triangle, as well as educational experiences for children and operatic performances for the public.
• As an attorney at Ragsdale Liggett PLLC, McKnight focuses on general and civil litigation, and handles cases involving construction law, employment law and contract disputes.
• He is a member of the American Bar Association, the North Carolina Bar Association, the Wake County Bar Association, and the 10th Judicial District Court.
• McKnight resides in Raleigh.

Quotes:
“I am honored to be named to the Capital Opera board of directors,” said McKnight. “The organization provides exciting and educational experiences for the Triangle community.”

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. Known for their innovations in the arena of corporate law, Ragsdale Liggett lawyers are equipped to handle all of a business' legal needs, 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 local state 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, catastrophic personal injury defense and complex construction disputes. For more information please call (919) 787-5200 or view the firm's Web site at www.rl-law.com.

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