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On December 7, 2023, Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Transportation, Logistics & Infrastructure Member Tony Lathrop presented to the NC Board of Transportation a motion to approve the resolution naming the Exit 30 interchange on I-77 in honor of former Davidson and current NBA star Stephen Curry.

Moore & Van Allen PLLC (MVA) is pleased to announce that the firm was named one of North Carolina Lawyers Weekly’s inaugural Empowering Women award winners. Additionally, MVA Senior IT Manager Clinton “Clint” M. Gandy was selected as one of the publication’s 2023 Unsung Legal Heroes honorees. Both recognitions published within the December issue of North Carolina Lawyers Weekly.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Litigation Counsel Courtney Duncil was appointed to serve as an Advisory Board Member for digital media and communication students for her alma mater of Meredith College in Raleigh, NC. The board represents sectors across the media industry and are available to each student in the Digital Media and Digital Communication Certificates program to offer critiques on reels, give resume advice, and answer other general questions.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Co-heads of Financial Regulatory Advice & Response Ed O’Keefe and Neil Bloomfield, with Financial Regulatory Advice & Response Senior Counsel John Stoker and Member Kate Wellman co-authored a section for Banking Regulation 2024 Law and Practice that was published by Chambers and Partners on December 12.

Law360 published an article titled “Moore & Van Allen Adds Deputy GC To NC House Speaker,” on December 11 highlighting Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Director of Public Affairs Beth Friedrich joining the firm this month. The article focused on Beth’s move to MVA after three years of working for Speaker Tim Moore. She discussed being drawn to MVA because of its focus on the Carolinas and its client service culture.

Moore & Van Allen PLLC (MVA) is pleased to announce that the firm’s Human Trafficking Prevention & Compliance practice, Member Valecia M. McDowell, and Senior Counsel Sarah Dohoney Byrne were recognized for industry contributions and innovations in the 2023 Financial Times North America Innovative Lawyers Report.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Litigation Associates Alli Davidson and Sarah Sheridan presented a CLE during the 2023 Professionalism for New Attorneys program at the NC Bar Center in Cary on Wednesday, December 6.

Moore & Van Allen PLLC (MVA) is pleased to announce that Beth Friedrich has joined the firm’s Public Affairs team as director of public affairs. Friedrich, who most recently served as senior policy advisor and deputy general counsel to the North Carolina Speaker of the House, Tim Moore, will be based in the firm’s Raleigh Public Affairs office.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Litigation Member Nader Raja served as a panelist during the TradingHub RegHub Summit 2023, which was held in New York on November 29. The event brought together regulators, senior risk and surveillance professionals, and industry thought leaders for a morning of insightful discussion.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) has been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index for our commitment to LGBTQ+ equality and inclusion. MVA is proud to have been awarded the recognition of Equality 100, the highest possible score for the seventh consecutive year.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Litigation Counsel Jonathan Prytherch recently had the opportunity to serve as a guest presenter for “The Role of a Compliance Lawyer” at the University of North Carolina School of Law at Chapel Hill. The interactive presentation was part of a Financial Services Compliance class for second and third-year UNC law students.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Litigation Associate Sarah Sheridan was selected by the Duke Law Associate Dean for Alumni & Development to serve on the Duke Law Alumnae Leadership Council. The Council fosters an active network of Duke Law women through providing opportunities for women graduates to connect with each other and with current students and faculty at Duke Law School.

The MVA HR Team organized a teambuilding event to benefit Classroom Central. The team organized 800 Kits for a Cause to support Charlotte Mecklenburg School students. Classroom Central fosters equity in education by providing teachers and students with the free resources they need to succeed.

The Moore & Van Allen Business Resource Groups had an opportunity to join a fireside chat sponsored by the MVA Diversity Committee on November 9.

This past Monday, MVA Co-Head of Investment Team Ryan Smith and MVA Client Steve Hale (Hale Capital Management), participated as guest speakers in a fall semester class at Duke Law taught by Co-Head of Bankruptcy & Restructuring Zach Smith. 

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Financial Services Associate Jordan Dunbar volunteered for the Wills for Heroes event held at the Fire Department Head Quarters on November 11. Jordan joined other area volunteers to interview Mecklenburg County first responders and residents to provide a free legal clinic offered by the North Carolina Bar Foundation to assist with estate planning wishes and drafting wills, health care powers of attorney, durable powers of attorney, and advance directives.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Co-head of Bankruptcy & Restructuring Zachary Smith, and current Duke Law 3L and incoming new associate and MVA Diversity Scholar Larissa Burke, represented the firm this week at Duke Law’s 2023 Sharing Our Affinities: 1L Diversity & Inclusion Networking Event.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Associate Haley Sink participated in the Queen’s University VCCD X DICE First Generation at Work event that was held on November 8. First-Generation individuals are one of the first in their immediate families to complete a college degree. 

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Head of Environmental Mary Katherine Stukes presented to the Network of Trial Law Firms for the Napa Litigation SuperCourse: Wine Sips and Trial Tips on November 3. Her discussion titled, “There’s an Acronym for That: Hot Topics in Environmental Litigation,” examined the recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Sackett v. EPA and West Virginia v. EPA.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Litigation Member Jim McLoughlin, Head of Environmental Mary Katherine Stukes and Litigation Associate Pierce Werner, co-author the title, “In Loper Bright and Relentless, Supreme Court returns to high-stakes question of viability of the Chevron doctrine” which was published by Thomson Reuters Legal and Westlaw Today on November 7. Additional contributions were made by Litigation Associate Chassity Bobbitt. This article discusses the arguments, background and questions surrounding the Supreme Court's upcoming review of the Chevron doctrine.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) is honored to be named as one of two area firms selected for the Wells Fargo Legal Department’s 2022-2023 Outside Counsel Diversity Award recipient. This annual award recognizes an outside law firm demonstrating great efforts toward improving engagement of diverse personnel at all levels of participation in Wells Fargo matters and in creating a culture of equity and inclusion in their workplace and community.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Co-head of Financial Regulatory Advice & Response Neil Bloomfield and Member Kate Wellman served as moderators for FMA's 32nd Annual Legal & Legislative Conference which was held on November 2 and 3.

Moore & Van Allen’s (MVA) Commercial Real Estate Group represented TTX in the recent new headquarters space relocation negotiations. Commercial Real Estate Member Richard Simons advised TTX on their lease, for just under 70,000 square feet of office space at the mixed-use development known as The Line located in South End, which will serve as TTX’s new headquarters in their relocation from Chicago next year. Additionally, Head of Commercial Real Estate Evan Bass, Litigation Member Scott Tyler, Head of Environmental Mary Katherine Stukes, and Environmental Counsel Laura Truesdale advised during the relocation negotiations.  

Moore & Van Allen signed a letter with a group of 125 law firms urging law schools to condemn anti-Semitic harassment and violence on campuses.

Moore & Van Allen’s Co-head of Litigation and White Collar, Regulatory Defense & Investigations John Fagg Jr. is one of five individuals named a Law360's 2023 MVPs of the Year Award in the White Collar MVP category.

Moore & Van Allen PLLC (MVA) is pleased to announce that the firm received national rankings for nine practice areas in the 2024 edition of Best Law Firms®. Additionally, the firm garnered 47 Tier 1 rankings among its 70 metropolitan rankings in multiple practice areas.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Litigation Associate Precious McLaughlin served as a guest lecturer for a Race, Law, and Politics class at Francis Marion University.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) is pleased to announce it has been ranked #42 by the Charlotte Business Journal in Charlotte’s Largest Private Companies List. The list highlights companies that have made important contributions to the local business landscape.

Moore & Van Allen PLLC (MVA) is pleased to announce that Bridget E. Grant, co-head of the firm’s Zoning, Entitlement & Land team, has been selected as a Connect CRE (Commercial Real Estate) 2023 Women in Real Estate Awards winner in the Atlanta & Southeast region.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Corporate Associate Toni-Ann Hines was selected to join The National Black Lawyers Top 40 Under 40. The National Black Lawyers is an invitation-only professional development and networking association comprised of African American attorneys from around the country.

The International Trademark Association (INTA) has appointed four Moore & Van Allen attorneys to INTA committees and project teams. The International Trademark Association is a global network of professionals dedicated to supporting trademarks and related intellectual property.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) is pleased to announce its success in receiving unanimous approval for a 230-acre annexation and rezoning to ID-1, west of Edgewood Road near I-85.

FT Innovative Lawyers North America has shortlisted both Moore & Van Allen (MVA) and Co-head of White Collar, Regulatory Defense & Investigations and Head of Civil Rights & Racial Equity Assessments Valecia McDowell.

Moore & Van Allen PLLC (MVA) is pleased to announce its role in the success of a monumental equity structure transformation on behalf of firm client MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (“MSC”), a leading North American distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations products and services.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) is pleased to announce that it has been ranked as a “highly recommended” firm for Dispute Resolution in the 2024 edition of Benchmark Litigation. This is the 15th consecutive year in which MVA has earned Benchmark recognitions.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Co-head of Litigation and Co-head of White Collar, Regulatory Defense & Investigations John Fagg is one of five individuals named a Law360's 2023 MVPs of the Year Award in the White Collar MVP category. The elite group of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2023 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Financial Services Member Matt Mollozzi was profiled in The American Lawyer article, “How I Made Partner: 'Don't Assume a Career Path Is a One-Size-Fits-All Situation.”

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Intellectual Property Member Kate Cole and Intellectual Property Counsel Sam Merritt were recognized in IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists 2023.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Financial Regulatory Advise & Response Senior Counsel Sarah Byrne served as a presenter for the Charlotte Triage Pro Bono Partnership panel titled, “Human Trafficking and Financial Exploitation: Credit Repair Needs of Survivors and the Debt Bondage Repair Act,” which took place on September 20.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Corporate Associate Miles Reynolds joined with other members of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network to meet with Senate and Congressional offices representing North Carolina to advocate and lobby on behalf of cancer patients and those whose lives have been changed by cancer forever in Washington DC.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Co-head of White Collar, Regulatory Defense & Investigations and Head of Civil Rights & Racial Equity Assessments Valecia McDowell was named to the 2023 Charlotte Business Journal Power 100 List. The Power 100 List recognizes the region’s leaders in diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Litigation Associate Elena Mitchell was named to the 2023 Charlotte Business Journal Power 100 List. The Power 100 List recognizes the region’s leaders in diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Moore & Van Allen PLLC (MVA) is pleased to announce that Health Care Member Charles M. Jordan, Jr., through a rigorous application and interview process, was selected to participate in the Diversity Leaders Initiative (DLI), an award-winning program of Furman University’s Riley Institute. Jordan is one of 42 individuals selected for the 17th Lowcountry cohort and joins a network of more than 2,700 other distinguished leaders who are committed to creating social and economic progress in South Carolina.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Financial Regulatory Advice & Response Senior Counsel Sarah Byrne served as a presenter for the “ACAMS Carolinas Chapter: 2023 AML and OFAC Symposium” which took place on September 13.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Transportation, Infrastructure & Logistics Member Tony Lathrop presented the NCDOT Finance & Charlotte Region Update at the 2023 Regional Transportation Summit hosted by South Charlotte Partners on September 11th.

Moore & Van Allen PLLC (MVA) is pleased to announce its recent victory on behalf of Clear Blue Specialty Insurance Group (Clear Blue) in a lawsuit that deals with an important issue at the intersection of banking/lending and insurance. As a result of the win, Clear Blue has been fully dismissed from the lawsuit.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) members John Fagg and Jim McLoughlin were named to Lawdragon’s 2023 list of “500 Leading Litigators in America”. Co-head of Litigation and White Collar, Regulatory Defense & Investigations John Fagg was named for the Criminal & Government Investigations & Enforcement practice category and Litigation Member Jim McLoughlin was named for the Civil & Criminal Litigation and Appellate categories.

Moore & Van Allen PLLC (MVA) is pleased to announce that Daniel Young has joined the firm as Director of Economic Development. In this role, he will leverage his many years of experience serving as executive director of the South Carolina Coordinating Council for Economic Development (CCED) to help lead MVA’s nationally recognized Economic Development & Incentives team.

Moore & Van Allen PLLC (MVA) is pleased to announce that Richard I. Simons, a Member in the firm’s Commercial Real Estate Practice, has been named a 2023 Influencer in Net Lease by GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Financial Regulatory Advice & Response Member Kate Wellman and Senior Counsel John Stoker served as guest speakers for a live 90-minute premium CLE video webinar with interactive Q&A on August 29.