Publications by Members of the Firm

Books & Monographs

Legal Counseling, Negotiating & Mediating: A Practical Approach (Lexis-Nexis 2009)

The Nonconforming Use in North Carolina Zoning Law: Text and Model Ordinance, (Institute of Government 1976)

North Carolina Civil Trial Practice and Procedure (Juris Publishing, Inc., scheduled for publication in 2012).

North Carolina Volunteer Fire Department Journal (1995 to present)

The Order Of The Golden Fleece At Chapel Hill, 1904-2004:  America’s First Honor Society For University Leaders (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library 2005).

Plea Bargaining (2d ed. Juris Publishing, Inc. 2004)

A Practical Approach to Client Interviewing, Counseling, and Decision-Making: For Clinical Programs and Practical-skills Courses (Lexis/Nexis-Matthew Bender & Co. 2009)

Practical Evidence: The Law, Foundations, and Trial Techniques (2d ed. West Group 1990).

Preparing Ordinances Regulating Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks in North Carolina:  A Guidebook (Institute of Government 1976)

Selected Major Issues in North Carolina Zoning and Land Use Law (1986)

A Unified Development Ordinance (American Planning Association 1985)

The Zoning Board of Adjustment in North Carolina (Institute of Government 2d. ed. 1984)

Articles

“An Introduction to Form-Based Zoning,” Land Use Law Quarterly (NC Bar Association April, 2010).

“Land Use Options for Protecting Downtown as a Retail Destination,” Land Use Law Quarterly (NC Bar Association December, 2009).

How to Value a Case for Negotiation and Settlement, 10 THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR JOURNAL, No. 2 at 32 (Summer 2005); reprinted in 31 THE MONTANA LAWYER, No. 3 (November, 2005).

10 Tools for Mediation Caucuses, 41 TRIAL, No. 5 at 66 (May, 2005).

“Flexibility Without Arbitrariness in the Zoning System:  Observations on North Carolina
Special Exception and Zoning Amendment Cases,” 53 N.C. Law Review 925-958 (1975)

“Limiting Litigation Over Land Use Decisions,” Public Risk, (Public Risk Management Association, Sept./Oct. 1988).

“Oral Deposition Taking,” Chapter 6 in Civil Discovery Practice in North Carolina (Law Practice Handbooks, Inc. 1995).

“Taking a Deposition Under North Carolina Law,” 21 N.C. Central Univ. Law Journal No. 2, at 215 (1995).

“Appendices: Practice Pointers for Brief Writing, and Practice Pointers for Oral Argument,” in Duncan & Solari, North Carolina Appellate Advocacy, (The Harrison Co., 1995 Supplement).

“A Practical System for Legal Research,” 21 N.C. Central Univ. Law Journal, No. 1, at 85 (1994).

“Double Criminality and Complex Crimes,” Chapter 12 in Nanda & Bassiouni, International Criminal Law--A Guide to U.S. Practice and Procedure, (Practicing Law Institute, 1987), at 365;  reprinted for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Seminar, Feb. 12-16, 1986, Acapulco, Mexico.

“International Extradition in Drug Cases,” 10 N.C. Journal of International Law & Commercial Regulation, No. 2, at 353 (Spring, 1985); reprinted in the Advanced Criminal Practitioners Seminars, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Fourth Annual Hawaii Seminar, Maui, May 10-17, 1985.

“Legal Implications of Human In Vitro Fertilization for the Practicing Physician in North Carolina,” 6 Campbell Law Review, at 5 (Spring, 1984).

“
What’s New About Punitive Damages,” 43 The North Carolina State Bar Quarterly, No. 2, at 6 (Spring, 1996).

“Enter Opening Statement:  Staging the Case,” 31 Trial No. 7, at 57 (July, 1995); reprinted for the Women Lawyers Assoc. of Los Angeles 2nd Annual Women Litigators Forum, Nov. 11, 1995, and the Philadelphia Bar Association Annual Education Conference on  “Effective Trial Advocacy,” December 4, 1996.

“How to Master Direct Examination: Practical Perspectives,” 31 Trial No. 4, at 70 (April, 1995); reprinted in 41 The Trial Lawyers Guide, No. 2  (Summer 1997); reprinted by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Continuing Legal Education (1997).

“The New Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,” 41 The North Carolina State Bar Quarterly, No. 2, at 26 (Spring, 1994).

“Preserving the Record for Appeal Under North Carolina Law,” 40 The North Carolina State Bar Quarterly, No. 4, at 32 (Fall 1993).

“Preserving the Trial Record for Appeal,” 29 Trial, No. 10, at 45 (1993).

“Effective Appellate Oral Argument,” 16 The Champion, No. 10, at 43 (December, 1992).

“The Case for Submitting Written Instructions to the Jury,” 39 The North Carolina State Bar Quarterly, No. 4, at 14 (Fall, 1992).

“Practice Pointers for Appellate Oral Argument,” 28 Trial, No. 10, at 64 (October, 1992);  reprinted in Brinkos, Janet L., Course Book on: "The Woman Advocate '94" (Seminars sponsored by Prentice Hall Law & Business and the Section of Litigation of the American Bar Association, April 14-15, 1994 in New York City; May 5-6, 1994 in Chicago; and May 19-20, 1994 in San Francisco); reprinted for the King Hall Civil Rights Clinic Student Manual, University of California School of Law at Davis (1996).

“Practice Pointers for Appellate Brief Writing,” 28 Trial, No. 9, at 122 (September, 1992).

“Effective Appellate Brief Writing,” 16 The Champion, No. 7, at 35 (August, 1992).

“Appellate Oral Argument in Epitome,” 39 The North Carolina State Bar Quarterly, No. 3, at 8 (Summer, 1992).

“Appellate Brief Writing in Epitome,” 39 The North Carolina State Bar Quarterly, No. 2, at 6 (Spring, 1992).

“The North Carolina Supreme Court’s New Frivolous Appeal Rule,” 36 The North Carolina State Bar Quarterly, No. 3, at 16 (Summer, 1989).

“A Comparative Summary of Current State Drug-Testing Legislation,” 3 Employee Testing & the Law, No. 6, at 1 (June 1988).

“Is North Carolina’s Frivolous Appeal Rule Frivolous?,” 9 Campbell Law Observer, Nos. 3 and 4 (April & May, 1988). 

“Fending off Forfeiture,” 21 Trial, No. 12, at 70 (Dec. 1985).

“Problems of Double Criminality,” 21 Trial, No. 1, at 58 (January 1985).

“Negligence in Employee Drug Testing,” 92 Case & Comment, No. 4, at 3 (July-Aug. 1987); reprinted in 1 Employee Testing & the Law, No. 4, at 1 (Dec. 1986), and 19 Trial Briefs, No. 3, at 27 (1987).

“Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress in Employee Drug Testing,” 2 Employee Testing & the Law, No. 3, at 1 (1987).