Background
ADKINS, KARL was born on February 28, 1946 in Neu Ulm, Germany.
ADKINS, KARL was born on February 28, 1946 in Neu Ulm, Germany.
University of North Carolina (Bachelor of Arts, 1968). Fellow, John Hay Whitney, University of Michigan (Juris Doctor, 1971). Law Clerk to United States.
District Court Judge Damon Keith, 1971-1972.
President, Board of Directors of Legal Services of Southern Piedmont, 1984. Councilor, North Carolina State Bar, since 1986.
Worked at Ferguson, Stein, Wallas, Adkins, Gresham & Sumter, P.A. (Charlotte, North Carolina) specializing in Civil Rights, General Civil, Criminal, Plaintiff"s Medical Malpractice, Trial and Appellate Practice. Probate and Real Estate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1971, Michigan.
1972, North Carolina.
Law Clerk to United States. District Court Judge Damon Keith, 1971-1972.
President, Board of Directors of Legal Services of Southern Piedmont, 1984. Councilor, North Carolina State Bar, 1986-1994.
Member, United States.
Civil Justice Reform Advisory Committee. Member, North Carolina Board of Law Examiners, 1994. Member: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, American (Member, Tort and Insurance Sections) and National Bar Associations.
The North Carolina State Bar.
North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Board of Governors, 1994). The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers (Charlotte Chapter, President, 1980-1982). Ferguson, Stein, Wallas, Adkins, Gresham & Sumter, P.A. is a multi-specialty law firm based in Charlotte, North Carolina, which has been in business since 1964.
The firm was founded by Julius L. Chambers, who left the firm in 1984 to become Director-Counsel of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Incorporated. in New New York
Currently there are a total of 15 attorneys from diverse backgrounds working in the Charlotte and Chapel Hill offices. The firm has a national and international reputation in school desegregation, employment discrimination, voting rights, general civil rights litigation, and criminal defense. lieutenant is also nationally and regionally known for its representation of plaintiffs in personal injury and medical negligence cases, its work in teacher rights and education law, administrative law, workers compensation, and estates, business, corporate and real estate matters.
The firm encourages professional development and activities: many of its members hold leadership positions in a wide variety of professional organizations and regularly teach academic courses and at trial advocacy and continuing legal education programs.
Member, United States. Civil Justice Reform Advisory Committee. Member, North Carolina Board of Law Examiners, 1994.
Member: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, American (Member, Tort and Insurance Sections) and National Bar Associations.
The North Carolina State Bar. North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Board of Governors, 1994).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers (Charlotte Chapter, President, 1980-1982).
Fellow, John Hay Whitney, University of Michigan (Juris Doctor, 1971).