William Plyler | August 23, 2010
Once when Roger Smith was a young and struggling lawyer — he is now the best criminal appellate lawyer that I have known — I had him talk to some clients of mine. Some of these people had received injuries in a bus wreck. Roger came to my office and went into the inner room [...]
William Plyler | August 1, 2010
(Robert McMillan, senior partner with 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.)
This anecdote involves the story told about the time that N.F. Ransdell, uncle of Buck and Phillip Ransdell, and [...]
William Plyler | July 15, 2010
(Robert McMillan, senior partner with 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.)
Judge Mike Payne of the Wake County District Court had become displeased with the cavalier and slipshod fashion of [...]
William Plyler | June 11, 2010
The sold-out opening night production of “Seventy Years on Salisbury Street”, based on the stories of Robert L. McMillan, Jr., was a smashing success. Before experiencing this masterpiece on June 10 at Burning Coal Theatre in Raleigh, I did not believe it was possible to get a flavor of the life, times, philosophy, and most [...]
William Plyler | June 1, 2010
The following article by Raleigh attorney Elizabeth L. Oxley was published in the Wake County Bar Flyer of June 2010. It is reprinted here with the permission of Ms. Oxley and the Wake County Bar Flyer.
[Note from Editor of Wake County Bar Flyer: Robert L. McMillan, Jr. was licensed to practice law in 1949, and [...]
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 | March 24, 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.)
Once I was representing a mature lady for hit-and-run [...]
William Plyler | March 24, 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.)
Once I was representing a mature lady for hit-and-run [...]
William Plyler | March 10, 2010
Robert McMillan, senior partner with McMillan Smith & Plyler, allowed me to publish his tribute to North Carolina Supreme Court Justice John Webb. Mr. McMillan presented the tribute on 6/19/09 at a memorial service in Wake County Superior Court which honored Justice Webb and other Wake County attorneys who passed away in the preceeding year. The tribute is published in its [...]