William Plyler | July 1, 2010
Martin H. Brinkley, the new President-Elect of the North Carolina Bar Association, gave an excellant acceptance speech on June 26, 2010 at the Bar Convention in Wilmington. Mr. Brinkley consented to the publication of the text of the speech on this site. The speech, in its entirety, follows.
The grace our family usually says at mealtimes [...]
William Plyler | June 8, 2010
Sunday’s News & Observer included an article by Craig Jarvis about the play, “Seventy Years on Salisbury Street: Scenes From the Life of a Raleigh Lawyer (Or It’s a Grand Night for Singing)”. The play about attorney Robert McMillan will be staged for the next two Thursdays, June 10 and 17, at Meymandi Theatre at the [...]
William Plyler | May 14, 2010
Stephen T. Smith, a partner in the law firm of McMillan Smith & Plyler, is Chair of the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission. He gave the following department level commencement address last Sunday.
Commencement Address
Curriculum for the Environment and Ecology
UNC Chapel Hill
May 9, 2010
Dave’s introduction is very kind, and it means a lot to have such [...]
William Plyler | May 14, 2010
Stephen T. Smith, a partner in the law firm of McMillan Smith & Plyler, is Chair of the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission. He gave the following department level commencement address last Sunday.
Commencement Address
Curriculum for the Environment and Ecology
UNC Chapel Hill
May 9, 2010
Dave’s introduction is very kind, and it means a lot to have such [...]
William Plyler | November 22, 2009
(My father, Beal Brent (B.B.) Plyler, Jr., wrote the following account of his experiences in World War II at the request of Betty McCain and John Hackney, Jr. in 2007. Prior to reading this account, I knew very little about his service in the Navy. I found his account very interesting and reprint it here verbatim. My father [...]