NEWS FROM 2007 TO PRESENT

BSF partner Daniel T. Blue, III (Dan) was appointed to the Board of Directors for DHIC, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening neighborhoods and families in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued its opinion today in U.S. v. Kerr, No. 10-4557, vacating a 268 month sentence that was imposed after a jury convicted the defendant on one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(e). Mr. Kerr was represented on appeal by Dhamian Blue and Jenna Turner Blue of Blue Stephens & Fellers LLP.

A federal judge in the Western District of North Carolina has approved a wrongful death settlement that will compensate the minor child of a mentally ill man who killed himself while he was confined in the Burke-Catawba District Confinement Facility, located in Morganton, North Carolina.

Blue Stephens & Fellers LLP is investigating consumer complaints about the battery function of the Worx GT 18 Volt Grass Trimmer and Edger (including model WG151.1).

North Carolina Court of Appeals today found that the Wake County School Board violated the state Open Meetings Act by intentionally excluding the public from meetings about the county’s diversity policy last year.

Shaw University has canceled classes for the rest of the semester after a powerful storm ravaged the institution's downtown campus in Raleigh, N.C., on Saturday, April 16.

Blue Stephens & Fellers LLP has opened an investigation into allegations that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) routinely collects unearned interest payments from borrowers who prepay their mortgage as the result of the sale or refinance of their home.

Blue Stephens & Fellers LLP and the Law Office of James C. White, P.C. have filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Bank of America, alleging that from 2007 through 2009, the bank fraudulently marketed its deceptively-named No Fee Mortgage Plus (NFMP) loan product to borrowers across the country.

Firm files federal lawsuit against sheriffs of Burke and Catawba counties

The U.S. Department of Education has decided to investigate allegations of unlawful racial discrimination against the Wake County School Board and the Wake County Public School System in response to a Title VI complaint filed in September by several public interest organizations and a local high school student.

Firm attorney to moderate panel for conference in honor of civil rights legend

Wake County School Board accused of violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Blue Stephens & Fellers LLP is investigating complaints that Bank of America fails to disclose to its North Carolina borrowers the purchase of lender paid mortgage insurance (LPMI).

Critics of the project confirmed this week that they'd secured what one termed "preliminary representation" from Blue Stephens & Fellers.

A Wake County Superior Court judge entered an order confirming the award of a panel of three arbitrators who ruled in favor of a Raleigh man who purchased a janitorial franchise from a Florida-based company named Warjon, Inc., also known as Coverall of Raleigh-Durham.

Wake County Superior Court Judge William Pittman ruled late this afternoon that the Wake County School Board acted unreasonably in preventing some members of the public from attending and participating in key Board meeting concerning proposed changes in the school assignment policy.

Blue Stephens & Fellers serves as co-counsel in "good government" lawsuit

The American Trial Lawyers Association has recognized Dan Blue as one of the top 100 trial lawyers in North Carolina.

First Bancorp and First Bank (Nasdaq: FBNC), the fourth largest bank in North Carolina, has elected Dan Blue to its Board of Directors.

Shaw University has secured a $31 million federal loan from the US Department of Education through its HBCU Capital Financing program with help from U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge.

A small, disadvantaged, woman-owned business located in a HUBZone filed a lawsuit today in federal court against major defense contractor Kellogg Brown & Root ("KBR"). The complaint, filed on behalf of Hilda Parker and Parker Products, Inc. alleges that KBR defrauded her company by falsely promising that it would order millions of dollars worth of products to fulfill its prime contract obligations with the Department of Defense.

A federal judge approved a wrongful death settlement that will pay an amount in excess of $236,000 for the minor children of a man who committed suicide while he was confined in the Bladen County Jail in Elizabethtown, North Carolina.

A Superior Court judge approved a wrongful death settlement that will pay an amount in excess of $600,000 to the minor child of a man who committed suicide while he was confined in the Columbus County Jail in Whiteville, North Carolina.

Blue, a former House Speaker, was sworn in to fill the seat of Sen. Vernon Malone, who died last month. He received a hearty welcome from his new colleagues after a swearing-in by Supreme Court Chief Justice Sarah Parker and attended by family members.

Blue, who was elected to the board in 1995, had most recently served as vice chairman, reports Mark Schultz. He assumes the new position July 1. He received a bachelor’s degree from N.C. Central University in 1970 and a law degree from Duke in 1973.

Dhamian Blue recently was elected to the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Justice Center.

Daniel T. Blue, Jr. has been named by North Carolina Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top attorneys in North Carolina for 2009. This is the second consecutive year that Dan has received this honor.

Attorneys Daniel T. Blue, Jr. and Dhamian Blue are featured as the cover story of the January/February 2009 edition of The City Insight Magazine.

Gov. Mike Easley appointed Thigpen as a special Superior Court Judge April 16, and his appointment to a five-year term becomes effective May 15. Thigpen will replace Judge Karl Adkins of Mecklenburg County, D-26, whose term expired last December.

A Superior Court judge on Monday denied a motion to dismiss part of a negligence lawsuit against Columbus County, its sheriff and jail staff.