Ragsdale Liggett PLLC Announces New Associate Attorney

March 10, 2006 (PRLEAP.COM) Business News
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Ragsdale Liggett PLLC Announces New Associate Attorney
Richard O. Bolton Joins Law Firm’s Real Estate Department

RALEIGH, N.C. – Ragsdale Liggett PLLC has announced that Richard O. Bolton has joined the law firm as an associate attorney. Bolton practices in the real estate department and represents real estate developers, lenders and title companies, focusing on real estate transactions, the formation of corporate entities for ownership of real estate and the representation of businesses in lease negotiations.

Prior to Ragsdale Liggett, Bolton was an attorney at Boxley, Bolton & Garber, LLP, where he practiced probate, estate planning, real estate law, corporate law and civil litigation. A Raleigh native, Bolton received his Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude from Wake Forest University in 1994. He received his Juris Doctor from the Wake Forest University School of Law in 1998.

“Ragsdale Liggett PLLC is proud to welcome Richard to the firm,” said Dorothy Burch, partner at Ragsdale Liggett PLLC in the firm’s corporate and real estate department. “Richard is dedicated to his community and has attained an impressive degree of professional success. He will help the firm achieve optimal results for our extensive real estate client base.”

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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