Ashley Huffstetler Campbell Joins Panel Discussion On Careers In Public Policy At UNC Chapel Hill

November 24, 2006 (PRLEAP.COM) Business News
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Ashley Huffstetler Campbell Joins Panel Discussion
On Careers In Public Policy At UNC Chapel Hill
Associate Attorney At Ragsdale Liggett PLLC Offers Advice
To Carolina Law And Policy Association Members

RALEIGH, N.C. – Ashley Huffstetler Campbell, an associate attorney at Ragsdale Liggett PLLC, spoke as part of a joint panel discussion for students at the University of North Carolina School of Law on Thursday, Nov. 9. The speaking engagement was held as a networking and mentoring opportunity for university students and current members of the Carolina Law and Policy Association who are interested in pursing a career in public policy.

The discussion panel was comprised of North Carolina lobbyists, legislative staff, faculty and other members of the policy community, including former NC Chief Justice Robert Orr, and former general counsel to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate Norma Mills. Ruby Powers, president of the Carolina Law and Policy Association, helped organize the event.

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News Facts:

· Ashley Huffstetler Campbell, associate attorney at Ragsdale Liggett PLLC, spoke as part of a joint panel discussion for students at the University of North Carolina School of Law on Thursday, Nov. 9.
· The speaking engagement was held to assist North Carolina students and current members of the Carolina Law and Policy Association who are interested in pursing future careers in public policy
· The discussion panel was comprised of North Carolina lobbyists, legislative staff, faculty, and other members of the community, including NC Chief Justice Robert Orr, and former general counsel to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate Norma Mills.
· Carolina Law and Policy Association is a non-partisan student organization with the purpose of working to identify and create resources to enable students to actively engage with international and domestic policy and to prepare and compete for careers or interests in public policy, private, and government sectors
· Carolina Law and Policy Association facilitates a network of support for students interested in pursuing public interest law, exposes the law school community to public policy, and encourages students to pursue non-traditional law careers.

Quotes:

“I was delighted to join local representatives of the policy community for the university’s recent panel discussion,” said Campbell. “I believe that it is our duty, as professionals, to help prepare young lawyers for future careers in law.”


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About Ashley Huffstetler Campbell:
Ashley Huffstetler Campbell is an associate attorney in the litigation department for Ragsdale Liggett PLLC, handling matters concerning intellectual property, construction law, appellate advocacy, and insurance defense. Prior to working with Ragsdale Liggett PLLC, Campbell served as a staff attorney for the finance division of the North Carolina General Assembly and the Legal Aid of North Carolina, where she practiced in the areas of housing, domestic violence, and family law. She is an active Junior League of Raleigh member and currently serves on the Women’s Center of Wake County board. While attending law school, Ashley was the founder and president of the American Constitution Society, the chairman of the Carolina Forum Public Policy Group, and the co-founder and president of the Carolina HIV/AIDS Legal Assistance Project. Campbell received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1999, and her Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 2003.

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 http://www.rl-law.com.

Patty Briguglio
MMI Associates, Inc.
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patty@mmimarketing.com
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