Background
CRAIGE, BURTON was born on April 6, 1949 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
CRAIGE, BURTON was born on April 6, 1949 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Harvard College (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1971). University of North Carolina (Master of Public Health, 1974. Juris Doctor, with high honors, 1980).
Order of the Coif.
North Carolina Law Review, 1978-1979. Trial Attorney, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice, 1980-1984.
Worked at Patterson, Harkavy & Lawrence, Limited liability partnership (Raleigh, North Carolina) specializing in Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Employment, Labor, Workers Compensation, Constitutional, Civil Rights, Personal Injury, Environmental Law. Civil Trials and Appellate Litigation.
Admitted to the bar, 1980, North Carolina.
1983, District of Columbia. Order of the Coif. North Carolina Law Review, 1978-1979.
Trial Attorney, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice, 1980-1984. Member: Wake County Bar Association.
North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (Chair, Amicus Committee, 1994.
Vice President for Legal Affairs, 1996). The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina (Chair, Legal Committee, 1990-1993, President, 1993-1994).
Patterson, Harkavy & Lawrence was formed in 1991 by lawyers who had practiced together for many years at the predecessor firm Smith, Patterson, Follin, Curtis, James, Harkavy & Lawrence, of Greensboro and Raleigh, North Carolina.
The firm maintains offices in both cities. The firm is dedicated to providing high quality, energetic advocacy in a few specialized areas of practice: labor and employment, civil rights, environmental, toxic tort, personal injury and workers" compensation.
The firm has extensive experience in complex litigation, class actions, trial and appellate practice, and advocacy before a variety of administrative bodies and the North Carolina General Assembly. Members of the firm regularly provide mediation and arbitration services, teach at law schools, universities and professional education seminars and are active in bar and public interest organizations.
The firm frequently litigates in affiliation with the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense Fund, environmental organizations, and local and international unions.
Member: Wake County Bar Association. North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (Chair, Amicus Committee, 1994. Vice President for Legal Affairs, 1996).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina (Chair, Legal Committee, 1990-1993, President, 1993-1994).