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Majority Rules: The legal impact of your kids turning 18

June 8, 2018

Once your child turns eighteen, they have reached the age of “majority.” The legal effect of that is that as a parent, you have no legal authority to make medical or financial decisions on your child’s behalf without legal designation as your child’s representative. This is a “worst case scenario” no parent ever wants to…

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N.C. Court of Appeals Issues Important Land Use Development Decision

April 18, 2018

SPONSORED CONTENT PROVIDED BY GEOFFREY LOSEE – PARTNER, ROUNTREE LOSEE LLP   Earlier this year, the team at Rountree Losee LLP successfully represented the Town of Topsail Beach before the North Carolina Court of Appeals in a lawsuit originally filed by a group of Topsail Beach homeowners in late 2016. Owners on the “soundside” at the south…

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2018 Annual Fundraising Luncheon

April 17, 2018

Join us at the 2018 Annual Fundraising Luncheon! We hope to see you there! Please be sure to RSVP to Bethany@stepupwilmington.org

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Purpose and Passion: The Coggins Create New Scholarship for UNCW

January 17, 2018

Photo Credit: UNCW   At Rountree Losee LLP we commit ourselves to being lawyer-leaders. Our team embraces roles within the political, volunteer, and charitable arenas. As such, we are proud to recognize Partner, Steve Coggins, and his wife Louise Coggins, for funding the John P. Bennett, Ed.D Scholarship in Health and Physical Education at UNCW.…

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Coggins Appointed to State Banking Commission

January 16, 2018

Photo Credit: Rountree Losee LLP   1/16/2018 Rountree Lossee LLP is proud to recognize Partner, Steve Coggins, on his appointment to the State Banking Commission. “North Carolina is a leader in banking, and this Commission provides important expertise and oversight for our state’s banks.” – Governor Roy Cooper. The Banking Commission is chaired by State…

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Steve Coggins Successfully Obtains Relief from Injunction Which Had Prevented Building Permits at Topsail Beach

April 19, 2017

In late 2016, a group of some Topsail Beach citizens filed a lawsuit against the Town of Topsail Beach. As a result, in December, a Pender County judge issued an injunction order, preventing the Town from issuing any building permits for more than 20 beachfront lots on the south end of the Town. Earlier this…

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Diane Pappayliou Presents at Alternative Dispute Resolution CLE

April 3, 2017

Rountree Losee is committed to staying on top of emerging legal issues and decisions from the North Carolina Court System.  Our associate, Diane K. Pappayliou, has been monitoring Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ADR”) developments and was asked to serve on the faculty of the “Thorny Issues and Ethical Minefields in Mediation and Arbitration” Continuing Legal Education…

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The Results Are IN!

March 29, 2017

North Carolina Beer is awesome! Wilmington’s Local Breweries are Awesome! …And you can celebrate with them at the Cape Fear Craft & Cuisine event on Saturday, sponsored in part, by Rountree Losee LLP (the “Craft Beer Consiglieres”).               Geoff Losee, while a proud and active member of the Wort City…

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Support Your Local Breweries and Celebrate North Carolina Craft Beer Week

March 16, 2017

Not only are we sponsoring this event… but our resident home brewer, Geoffrey Losee will be submitting at least one beer for the Port City Plunder competition!

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Don’t Let Your Boat Slip…”Slip” Away!

March 2, 2017

Boat slips are a big deal.  More people want more access to beautiful coastal waters. However, there is less and less available space for boat slips.  So, they can now cost big bucks.  It’s small wonder they can dramatically increase the value of land to which they are attached. Boat slip use arrangements are frequently…

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