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Narendra Ghosh and Brad Bannon Selected by Peers as Legal Elite 2024

January 4th, 2024
Every year, Business North Carolina asks lawyers across North Carolina to vote for which of their peers deserves recognition in its annual Legal Elite class. This year, Patterson Harkavy partners Narendra Ghosh and Brad Bannon were named among the Le… Read More
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Categories: Criminal Defense, General News, Labor and Employment, News of the Firm
Tags: Appeals, Brad Bannon, Criminal Appeals, Criminal Defense, Employment Law, Mike Okun, Narendra Ghosh

North Carolina Court of Appeals rules in favor of Attorney Chris Brook’s client in workers’ compensation appeal

February 1st, 2022
The North Carolina Court of Appeals issued a unanimous, published decision in favor of Patterson Harkavy attorneys Chris Brook, Paul Smith, and Hank Patterson’s client. In Rimmer v. Town of Chapel Hill, the claimant was a career firefighter who was… Read More
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Categories: News of the Firm
Tags: Appeals, Christopher Brook, Results, Workers' Compensation

Jon Harkavy publishes 2020 Supreme Court Review

September 10th, 2021
This week, Jon Harkavy published his annual Supreme Court Commentary concerning the October 2020 Term of the U.S. Supreme Court. The article summarizes cases on labor and employment law issues as well as a number of non-employment decisions likely to… Read More
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Categories: Articles, General News, Labor and Employment, News of the Firm
Tags: Articles, Case Commentary, Jonathan Harkavy, Labor and Employment

North Carolina Court of Appeals rules in favor of Attorney Narendra Ghosh's client in breach of contract appeal

August 17th, 2021
The North Carolina Court of Appeals issued unanimous decision in favor of Patterson Harkavy attorney Narendra Ghosh’s client. In Contaminant Control, Inc. v. Allison Holdings, LLC, 2021-NCCOA-430 (2021), the Plaintiff contended that a client failed… Read More
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Categories: News of the Firm
Tags: Appeals, Narendra Ghosh, Results

NBC News Interviews Brad Bannon About Police Video of the Killing of Andrew Brown Jr.

April 28th, 2021
As part of its ongoing coverage of the police killing of Andrew Brown, Jr., in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, NBC News interviewed Brad Bannon about the applicable law and ongoing demands from Mr. Brown’s family and the community for the discl… Read More
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Categories: Civil Rights, News of the Firm
Tags: Brad Bannon

Mike Okun Recognized as Legal Elite in Employment Law

January 23rd, 2016
In June of last year, Business North Carolina magazine asked over 23,000 lawyers in the North Carolina Bar to select the state’s top lawyer in various fields. In its January 2016 edition, the magazine recognized Patterson Harkavy attorney Mike… Read More
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Categories: News of the Firm, Uncategorized
Tags: Award, Labor and Employment, Michael Okun

Patterson Harkavy files wrongful conviction suit on behalf of Joseph Sledge

August 27th, 2015
In 1978, Joseph Sledge was wrongfully convicted of a dual murder. On January 23, 2015, thanks to the work of the North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence, a three-judge panel unanimously found that Mr. Sledge was innocent. Mr. Sledge served 37 years… Read More
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Categories: Civil Rights, News of the Firm, Uncategorized
Tags: Burton Craige, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Exoneration, Narendra Ghosh, Paul Smith, Police Misconduct, Wrongful Conviction

Victory: Court of Appeals finds tenure repeal unconstitutional

June 5th, 2015
Earlier this week, the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Patterson Harkavy’s clients, finding that the state’s 2013 repeal of teacher tenure violated the North Carolina Constitution and the United States Constitution. For over for… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions, Labor and Employment, News of the Firm, Uncategorized
Tags: Appeals, Burton Craige, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor and Employment, Narendra Ghosh, NC Court of Appeals, Results

Suit against McDonald's garners international attention

January 27th, 2015
Last week, Patterson Harkavy filed suit against McDonald’s on behalf of former employees who were fired after being told “there are too many black people in the store.” The workers allege a widespread pattern of racial and sexual discrimina… Read More
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Categories: Civil Rights, Labor and Employment, News of the Firm, Uncategorized
Tags: Civil Rights, Discrimination, Labor and Employment, Narendra Ghosh, Paul Smith, Press

Narendra appears before the Court of Appeals, arguing tenure repeal unconstitutional

January 23rd, 2015
Yesterday, Patterson Harkavy attorney Narendra Ghosh appeared before the North Carolina Court of Appeals, arguing that the General Assembly’s 2013 repeal of teacher tenure violated teachers’ rights under the North Carolina Constitution an… Read More
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Categories: Civil Rights, Labor and Employment, News of the Firm, Uncategorized
Tags: Appeals, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education, Narendra Ghosh, NC Court of Appeals, NCAE, North Carolina, Public Education, Tenure
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