Included among a list of three nominees for the U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of North Carolina was Thomas Walker (’90), a partner at Alston+Bird, LLP, in Charlotte, N.C. In his practice at Alston+Bird, Walker concentrates on complex federal and state government investigations and white-collar defense. Walker is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney.

 

In the Western District of North Carolina, Senator Hagan nominated Danny Davis (‘79) among three individuals to become the U.S. Attorney for that region of the state. Davis currently serves as Chief District Court Judge for the 30th Judicial District in western North Carolina. He has held this position since 2004.

 

President Barack Obama will make the final selection from the list of nominees.

 

“We are so pleased for these gentlemen,” said Dean Melissa Essary. “To be nominated for such important positions at the federal level is a tremendous achievement. We are proud to call them Campbell Lawyers.”

 

About Campbell Law School: Since its founding in 1976, the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University has developed lawyers who possess moral conviction, social compassion and professional competence, and who view the law as a calling to serve others and create a more just society. The School has been recognized by the American Bar Association (ABA) as having the nation’s top Professionalism Program and by the American Academy of Trial Lawyers for having the nation’s best Trial Advocacy Program. The Law School’s Moot Court Program has recently been ranked in the top ten nationally by the University of Houston’s Blakely Advocacy Institute among 196 ABA accredited law schools. Campbell Law boasts more than 3,000 alumni, including 2,000 who reside and work in North Carolina. For the past 20 years, Campbell Law’s record of success on the North Carolina bar exam is unsurpassed by any other North Carolina law school. In September 2009, Campbell Law School will relocate from the main Campbell University campus to a new location in downtown Raleigh. For more information, visit www.law.campbell.edu.

 

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