The News & Observer Raleigh, NC
Copyright 1996
Tuesday, June 25, 1996
News
Wake County Briefs
State lawyers select officers from Triangle
Triangle – Triangle lawyers were tapped for positions when the state’s trial lawyers picked new officers over the weekend.
At the 32nd annual convention of the N.C. Academy of Trial Lawyers, M. Gordon Widenhouse of Raleigh was named president-elect. William S. Mills of Durham was selected as education vice president and Elizabeth F. Kuniholm of Raleigh, public education vice president. Burton Craige of Raleigh was named legal affairs vice president.
Wade Byrd of Fayetteville was elected president of the state organization.
Howard F. Twiggs of Raleigh spoke during the gathering.In July Twiggs becomes president of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the national group.