Two of Copeley Johnson Groninger’s attorneys have been named North Carolina “Super Lawyers” for 2010 in a recent study by Law & Politics magazine. The findings are published in the February 2010 edition of the North Carolina Super Lawyers magazine. Copeley Johnson Groninger’s 2010 North Carolina “Super Lawyers” are: Valerie Johnson — Workers’ Compensation Leto
Leto Copeley wins workers compensation case in Court of Appeals
In Hojnacki v. Last Rebel Trucking, the Court of Appeals reversed the Industrial Commission, and ruled that one of the defendant-companies, Last Rebel Trucking, was also one of the plaintiff’s employers under the Workers’ Compensation Act. The plaintiff, Mr. Hojnacki, was an interstate truck driver who was hired by Last Rebel Trucking, a local North Carolina
Leto presenting at ABA’s annual Labor and Employment conference
Leto Copeley is presenting today at the ABA’s Third Annual CLE Conference for the Labor and Employment Section in Washington, DC. She is part of a group of litigators presenting opening statements and testimony through the use of a Summary Trial before a mock jury.
Briefs filed for truck driver in workers’ compensation appeal
In Hojnacki v. Last Rebel Trucking, we have filed an opening brief and a reply brief with the North Carolina Court of Appeals in this workers’ compensation case. Mr. Hojnacki is an interstate truck driver who was severely injured while loading his truck. The primary issue on appeal is whether North Carolina’s Workers’ Compensation Act
Leto receives Silver Service Award
Leto Copeley was awarded the Women of Wisdom Silver Service Award by the North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys at its annual conference on October 2, 2009. The award is given in recognition for work performed during 25 years of law practice. Participants in the conference, held jointly this year in Charleston with South Carolina Women in