John Hester
John Hester is Senior Claims Counsel for Lawyers Mutual. He has over thirty years of experience handling claims for North Carolina attorneys. Contact John at 800.662.8843 or jhester@lawyersmutualnc.com.
John Hester is Senior Claims Counsel for Lawyers Mutual. He has over thirty years of experience handling claims for North Carolina attorneys. Contact John at 800.662.8843 or jhester@lawyersmutualnc.com.
Since 1985, Senior Claims Counsel John Hester has helped thousands of North Carolina attorneys with issues both large and small. To celebrate the company’s 40th Anniversary, John shares some thoughts and reflections about Lawyers Mutual. Following are some of John Hester’s recollections about … Read More
John Hester reflects on his career at Lawyers Mutual in celebration of our 40th anniversary. Read More
File retention and destruction tips and resources Read More
Our claims attorneys speak with lawyers about problems encountered with clients. Following are twelve of the most common stories. I knew medical malpractice claims had a three year statute. I never saw this as a wrongful death with a two year statute. Every day I handle auto accident cases. I thought I coul… Read More
Common scenarios in real estate, litigation and general practices Read More
Lawyers Mutual has published previous alerts regarding the new filing requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) that went into effect January 1, 2024. After reviewing additional resources, we want to emphasize concerns that we have about the risks and increased potential liability for lawyers undertaking the reporting requirements. This is especially true for the continuing reporting requirements after entity formation and initial reporting.
The North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts (NCAOC) recently announced additional go-live plans for counties transitioning from paper files to Enterprise Justice (Odyssey), which currently serves Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Mecklenburg and Wake counties. Twelve northeastern counties comprising Track 3, as previously announced, will go live on February 5, and 10 counties comprising Track 4 (Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Guilford, Orange, Person, Vance and Warren) will go live on April 29.