NEWS FROM 2010

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.