(openPR) - Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog Attorney to Serve as NC Bar Association Section Counsel
Nick Valaoras Elected to a Three-year Term

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (May 6, 2010) — Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP (cshlaw.com), a corporate and civil defense litigation firm, announces that attorney Nick Valaoras of the Charlotte office was recently elected to serve a three-year term as Section Counsel by the Workers' Compensation division of the North Carolina Bar Association.

The Workers' Compensation division of the Bar Association represents more than 751 plaintiff and defense attorneys in front of the North Carolina Industrial Commission and North Carolina General Assembly. It also provides member attorneys with resources to prepare their clients’ cases and continuing education opportunities.

"I am honored to serve as Section Counsel and look forward to working with my colleagues to address present and future challenges facing those of us involved in the North Carolina Workers' Compensation arena," says Valaoras.

Valaoras has represented employers and workers' compensation insurance carriers in evidentiary and appellate hearings before the North Carolina Industrial Commission, North Carolina Court of Appeals and North Carolina Supreme Court since 1992. He has experience in handling traumatic injury by accident cases, occupational disease, repetitive motion disorders, asbestosis, and permanent-total disability claims. Nick has also served as a mediator in industrial commission cases.

About Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP:
Founded in 1992, Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP is a law firm that concentrates its practice in the defense of civil claims and lawsuits, representing individuals and businesses of all types. Consistently ranked as one of the largest in North Carolina, the firm has more than 100 attorneys and three locations: Raleigh, Charlotte and Wilmington. The firm handles cases in a variety of practice areas, including medical and professional negligence, products liability, construction defects, police and municipal law, premises liability and security, trucking/transportation law, education law, employment law, workers’ compensation claims, commercial litigation, environmental and toxic torts, and land condemnation. With its experienced litigators and support personnel utilizing the latest technology available, Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP is generally recognized as one of the most creative and innovative litigation firms in the state today. For more information, visit www.cshlaw.com or call 919-828-5100.

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