This past weekend, Ward Family Law Group attorney, Dale V. Stephenson, co-coached Broughton High School’s Mock Trial team to finish in the Top Fifteen at the National High School Mock Trial Championship. Forty six teams competed at Nationals from every region across the country – including a team from South Korea. Dale’s team represented the great state of North Carolina and competed among the very best of High School Mock Trial advocates in the United… Read More
Please join us in congratulating Ward Family Law Group attorney Dale Stephenson and her Broughton High School Mock Trial Team, who will be representing North Carolina at the National High School Mock Trial Championships in Kalamazoo, Michigan. While in law school, Dale began coaching Broughton’s Mock Trial team alongside attorney and co-coach, Chris Nichols. Broughton’s Mock Trial team consists of three seniors and three juniors. At both Regional and State competition, they alternated between prosecution… Read More
As a member of the NC Bar Foundation Civic Education and Community Engagement Committee, Linda Ward participated in a career fair at Reedy Creek Middle School on April 1st. Alongside retired Wake County District Court Judge, Jane Gray, as well as Paralegal, Kernoodle Hodges, Linda spoke to eighth grade students about pursuing careers in the legal field. #proudtobealawyer
Ward Family Law Group is pleased to announce that Attorney Ryan M. Tarrant has once again been selected for inclusion in the 2022 North Carolina Super Lawyers Rising Stars list. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The patented annual selection process includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. Not more than 2.5 percent… Read More
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to each of you! We are extremely blessed and grateful for your referrals, support and friendship this past year. For many years, Ward Family Law Group delivered Christmas cheer in the form of beautifully decorated cookies to say “thank you”. While the cookies made for a delicious treat, unless you ate twelve or more like I did, their effect on our lives was short-lived. Our goal this… Read More
The CDC recently approved the Covid-19 vaccine for administration to children ages 5 to 11. For many parents, this was the green light they had been waiting for to protect their children and start the journey towards a return to normalcy. For other parents, the CDC’s announcement gave them pause. Celebrity Matthew McConaughey, who is the parent of three children, age 9, 11, and 13, announced last week that he was not vaccinating his younger… Read More
North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby declared October 17-23, 2021 “Conflict Resolution Week” in North Carolina. Read Order Here. Mediation is one conflict resolution method we use A LOT in our office to resolve disputes. When reading Justice Newby’s Order last week, several words and phrases jumped out at me about the benefits of using mediation as a means to settle cases—“foster communication” “salvage relationships” “empower litigants to devise mutually agreeable and… Read More
Ward Family Law Group has been named best Family Law firm in Raleigh, Cary, Apex, Holly Springs, Morrisville and Wake Forest (Wake County)
A recent story in the local news demonstrated the real impact that Covid has had on our legal system. For months, Wake County Family Court cases were routinely continued over and over again because courts were closed, or only temporary, non-prejudicial hearings were possible because they could be conducted remotely via Webex. The court system is not to blame for the pandemic, but the shutdowns and closures have created a backlog in the court system… Read More
In May 2017, we blogged about the “Do’s and Don’t’s” in Family Law. With the pandemic forcing most of us to live a “virtual life”, we thought it was important to revisit and update what you should and should not be doing on the Internet. Emails, text messages, websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking (“social media”), or any other type of information that is… Read More
