Ragsdale Liggett Announces New Associate Attorney

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For Immediate Release Contact: Patty Briguglio (919) 233-6600

Ragsdale Liggett Announces New Associate Attorney
John R. Hemphill Joins Firm’s Litigation Department

RALEIGH, N.C. – Ragsdale Liggett PLLC has announced that John R. (“Jay”) Hemphill has joined the law firm as an associate attorney. In this position, Hemphill will focus on civil defense litigation as well as further develop his estate planning practice. Hemphill is admitted to practice before all North Carolina courts, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina and the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces in Washington, D.C.

Prior to joining Ragsdale Liggett PLLC, Hemphill served as a judge advocate with the United States Air Force at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. and Pope Air Force Base, N.C., prosecuting military courts-martial and assisting soldiers with their estate planning needs. For his service, he was awarded two Air Force commendation medals, which recognize the service, achievement and contributions of Air Force members. Hemphill received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his Juris Doctor from the Wake Forest University School of Law.

“We are pleased to welcome Jay to the Ragsdale Liggett team,” said Frank Liggett, managing partner at Ragsdale Liggett PLLC. “Jay has a notable reputation within the legal community, and he will join some of the best in the business in providing clients with top notch legal expertise. We look forward to watching him continue to succeed in his professional career.”

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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