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Lori Keeton Law Serves as Breakfast Conversations’ Ambassador
Lori Keeton Law served as an ambassador for the 10th Annual Breakfast Conversations Business Networking™️ Event devoted to small businesses doing big business.™️ The keynote speaker was Bruce Jackson, associate General Counsel for Microsoft. Breakfast Conversations...
Keeton Appointed to Novant Health Cancer Advisory Council
After her own battle with cancer in 2020-21, Lori Keeton was determined to give back in a meaningful way to those suffering from cancer. After sponsoring a fundraiser to raise money to cover cancer patients’ monthly fees to utilize a wellness center at Novant Health...
Lori Keeton Law Sponsors Toys for Our Troops
Toys for our Troops is an annual charity event that allows military families to “drive‐through” holiday candy cane lanes to collect hand selected toys for the children and a ready-to-bake meal with dessert for the families. Children also had the opportunity to take...
Keeton Shares How She Got to Where She is Today with Charlotte Rotary
November 21, 2023- Lori Keeton shared “How I Got Where I’m At” (HIGWIA) with the Rotary Club of Charlotte. This annual tradition allows Rotary members to get to know fellow members. Keeton shared about her life through the use of various letters written and received...
‘Mom, I’m being kidnapped,’ Myers Park student texted mother during sexual assault
by Anna Maria Della CostaJANUARY 20, 2023 Jane Doe’s mother told a jury Wednesday she may have done things differently today if she received the same, frightening text messages from her daughter. As an alleged sexual assault unfolded on Nov. 3, 2015 at Myers Park High...
City dismissed from Title IX lawsuit after plaintiff’s emotional testimony
WFAE | By Ann Doss HelmsPublished January 19, 2023 The city of Charlotte was dropped from a federal lawsuit Thursday evening, the third day of trial in a case stemming from a 2015 sexual assault report related to Myers Park High School. Judge Robert Conrad said...
Myers Park student once was joyful. That changed after 2015 sexual assault, jury told
by Anna Maria Della Costa JANUARY 18, 2023 Jane Doe’s stepfather told a jury Tuesday his daughter was joyful, always smiling and had a friendly personality. But when he arrived at Myers Park High School on Nov. 3, 2015, shortly after reports that Doe had been...
In Title IX trial, lawyers argue different accounts of 2015 Myers Park sexual encounter
WFAE | By Ann Doss Helms, Sarah DeliaPublished January 17, 2023 Lawyers for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, the city of Charlotte and a former Myers Park High School student outlined clashing accounts Tuesday of the 2015 encounter outside the school that led them all...
Why Virtual Court was a Blessing for this Lawyer
By Kari Beal Charlotte PUBLISHED 10:00 AM ET Aug. 09, 2021 CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The pandemic forced some court proceedings to go completely online during the height of the pandemic. It was a blessing for one attorney in Charlotte. What You Need To KnowIn October 2020...
Charlotte wins appeal in multi-million dollar discrimination lawsuit
May 05, 2021 at 6:10 pm EDT By WSOCTV.com News Staff CHARLOTTE — The city of Charlotte has won its appeal in a multi-million dollar discrimination lawsuit. In 2019, a jury found that the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department discriminated against former Officer...
NC Supreme Court Holds That Leasing Property As Part of Revitalization Efforts is a Governmental Function in Meinck v. City of Gastonia
This week the North Carolina Supreme Court held that the City of Gastonia was entitled to the protections afforded by governmental immunity in a lawsuit brought by an artist who fell on stairs that were allegedly in disrepair when leaving a building that...
Congratulations Lori Keeton, also named one of 2018’s “Leaders in the Law”!
North Carolina Lawyers Weekly has also named WLC’s own Lori Keeton to its annual “Leaders in the Law” list. The list honors North Carolina’s most influential legal professionals who have gone above and beyond in their profession and their community. In addition to...
