Sam J. Ervin IV, of counsel at Brooks Pierce, will participate on Oct. 20 in the Wake Forest Law “Pro Bono in Private Practice” panel discussion on campus. The panel will feature attorneys from firms who are actively incorporating pro bono service into their legal practices. Panelists will share their experiences, discuss the role of pro bono work in firm culture, and offer insights on how law students and future attorneys can make an impact through public service in the private sector.
Ervin brings his more than 20 years in private practice and more than 23 years’ experience as a public servant to his work in assisting clients with a variety of regulatory and litigation-related matters. Before joining Brooks Pierce, he served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina for eight years, as a Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals for six years, and as a Commissioner of the North Carolina Utilities Commission for nine and a half years. During his time as a Utilities Commissioner, he served as Chair of the Subcommittee on Nuclear Issues and the Committee on Electricity of the National Association of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners and as a member of the board of the Organization of PJM States. During his time in private practice, former Justice Ervin handled a wide variety of civil, criminal, and administrative matters and participated in many civil and criminal jury trials and numerous civil and criminal appeals to the North Carolina Court of Appeals and the North Carolina Supreme Court. He is a Board Certified Specialist in Utilities Law and Appellate Law from the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization.
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