Frank R. Liggett III Named Honorary Director Of Delta Waterfowl Foundation

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Frank R. Liggett III Named
Honorary Director Of Delta Waterfowl Foundation
Ragsdale Liggett Managing Partner Honored By
Private Non-Profit Research Organization

RALEIGH, N.C. – Ragsdale Liggett PLLC has announced that Frank R. Liggett III, managing partner and founder of the firm, has been named honorary director of the Delta Waterfowl Foundation, a North American leader in waterfowl ecology and waterfowling. As a private non-profit organization, Delta supports graduate student research on the ecology and management of waterfowl and wetlands, funding research projects on wetland food webs, plant succession, seed dispersal, remote sensing and moist-soil management.

Liggett, who focuses his practice on corporate and insurance regulatory law, has filled other leadership positions in the fields of the natural sciences and wildlife conservation, including serving as chairman of the board of trustees of the North Carolina Natural History Society (now Friends of the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences), the board of directors of the North Carolina Wildlife Federation and as chairman of the Raleigh area committee of Ducks Unlimited, Inc., which he helped organize in 1967.

“I am proud to accept this honor from the Delta Waterfowl Foundation,” said Liggett. “Delta has for decades educated waterfowl biologists and led research projects and is a true leader in conservation efforts.”

About Frank R. Liggett III:
Frank R. Liggett III is a founding member and managing partner at Ragsdale Liggett PLLC. A seasoned corporate lawyer in insurance law, mergers and acquisitions, Frank is admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court, United States District Court for Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina, United States Tax Court, and all North Carolina State Courts. Frank practices in the areas of corporate and business law as well as insurance and insurance regulatory law. He is a member of the American, North Carolina and Wake County Bar Associations, the North Carolina State Bar, and the 10th Judicial District Bar, where he was a member of the Executive Committee. Frank also has served on the American Bar Association subcommittee on Limited Liability Companies.

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 implication, 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.

About Delta Waterfowl Foundation:
Delta Waterfowl Foundation’s mission is to provide knowledge, future leaders, solutions and its passion for waterfowl to scientists, resource managers, waterfowlers, conservationists and the public to enhance waterfowl populations while securing the future of waterfowling. The organization’s strategic objectives are to:
· Conduct high-quality research
· Train students
· Communicate results
· Evaluate new scientific techniques
· Influence public policy
· Preserve and promote hunting as an integral part of waterfowl management

Patty Briguglio
MMI Associates, Inc.
919-233-6600
patty@mmimarketing.com

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