Ragsdale Liggett PLLC Announces New Member

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For Immediate Release Contact: Patty Briguglio (919) 233-6600

Ragsdale Liggett PLLC Announces New Member
Melissa Dewey Brumback Named Member Of Raleigh Law Firm

RALEIGH, N.C. – Ragsdale Liggett, PLLC has announced that Melissa Dewey Brumback, a lawyer in the firm's litigation department, has become a member of the firm effective January 1, 2006. Brumback concentrates on complex commercial, business and construction litigation, is admitted in all State and Federal Courts in North Carolina and is a member of the American, North Carolina, and Wake County Bar Associations, as well as the 10th Judicial District.

Prior to joining Ragsdale Liggett, Brumback was an attorney at Stuart Law Firm, PLLC where she focused on insurance defense, general corporate law, workers’ compensation defense and creditor’s rights. Brumback received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with honors and highest distinction, and was also elected into the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Brumback obtained her Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina School of Law.

“We are honored to have Melissa become a member of our firm,” said Dorothy Burch, partner in the firm’s corporate and real estate department. “Her accomplishments have enabled her to attain an impressive degree of professional success. Her extensive expertise in a variety of practice areas will continue to make her a valuable asset to our team.”

About Ragsdale Liggett PLLC:
The law firm of Ragsdale Liggett PLLC is comprised of lawyers with extensive legal expertise across a broad range of practice areas. Known for their innovations in the arena of corporate law, Ragsdale Liggett lawyers are equipped to handle all of a business' legal needs, including formation, day-to-day business counseling, acquisition, disposition, merger and dissolution of companies ranging in size from small local businesses to national financial institutions and large international insurance conglomerates. The diverse real estate practice group at Ragsdale Liggett handles a wide variety of real estate transactions, from residential purchases and sales to all aspects of commercial real estate development, including entity formation, final project completion, complex public and private bond financing transactions, and the privatization of university student housing. Since its formation in 1972, the firm has developed an extraordinary reputation in the area of civil litigation and has enjoyed significant courtroom successes ranging from local state courts to the United States Supreme Court in areas with far-reaching implications, such as insurance/reinsurance coverage disputes, shareholder derivative actions, ERISA disputes, professional negligence defense, catastrophic personal injury defense and complex construction disputes. For more information please call (919) 787-5200 or view the firm's Web site at www.rl-law.com.

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