William Plyler | August 14, 2010
Every citizen of North Carolina should thank the Lord for The News and Observer. It provides the only remaining check on corrupt and/or inept politicians and bureaucrats. The “news” shoveled on the airwaves by local television stations is a joke. Local television reports exclusively on crime, criminal trials, the weather, sports, and for your bedtime [...]
William Plyler | April 25, 2010
(Robert McMillan, senior partner in McMillan Smith & Plyler, has practiced law in Raleigh, N.C. for over 50 years. He graciously has allowed me to publish some of his favorite law stories, one of which appears below.)
As attorneys who represent clients on charges of DWI know, these clients expect miracles and are never completely satisfied. [...]
William Plyler | April 25, 2010
(Robert McMillan, senior partner in McMillan Smith & Plyler, has practiced law in Raleigh, N.C. for over 50 years. He graciously has allowed me to publish some of his favorite law stories, one of which appears below.)
As attorneys who represent clients on charges of DWI know, these clients expect miracles and are never completely satisfied. [...]
William Plyler | April 18, 2010
Newly-elected Judge William I. Belk took a howitzer to the gut on his first day of judges’ school, when he learned about Canon 5 C. (2) of the North Carolina Code of Judicial Conduct. This Canon prohibits a judge from serving as an officer, director, or manager of any business.
Judge Belk, fresh off a [...]
William Plyler | April 18, 2010
Newly-elected Judge William I. Belk took a howitzer to the gut on his first day of judges’ school, when he learned about Canon 5 C. (2) of the North Carolina Code of Judicial Conduct. This Canon prohibits a judge from serving as an officer, director, or manager of any business.
Judge Belk, fresh off a [...]
William Plyler | April 1, 2010
The fire which destroyed the Chatham County Courthouse last week brought back memories of a Chatham County trip-and-fall case which settled last year. In that case, my client tripped and fell over a four inch step at a business in Siler City. She broke both her ankles in the process. The step was located inside [...]
William Plyler | January 26, 2010
Robert McMillan, senior partner in McMillan Smith & Plyler, has practiced law in Raleigh, N.C. for over 50 years. He graciously has allowed me to publish some of his favorite law stories, one of which appears below. Other stories written by Robert McMillan will be posted periodically.
Robert McMillan
This story is a classic and is true. [...]
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 [...]
William Plyler | October 15, 2009
Robert McMillan, senior partner in McMillan Smith & Plyler, has practiced law in Raleigh, N.C. for over 50 years. He graciously has allowed me to publish some of his favorite law stories, one of which appears below. Other stories written by Robert McMillan will be posted periodically.
Mr. Breece practiced law in Raleigh (and later in [...]
William Plyler | October 13, 2009
Robert McMillan, senior partner in McMillan Smith & Plyler, has practiced law in Raleigh, N.C. for over 50 years. He graciously has allowed me to publish some of his favorite law stories, one of which appears below. Other stories written by Robert McMillan will be posted periodically.
“Lawyer, Can I Get My Whiskey Back?”
I was once [...]