Former N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice I. Beverly Lake, Jr. joins Shanahan Law Group as Senior Counsel
RALEIGH, NC – Shanahan Law Group announced today that former N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice I. Beverly Lake, Jr. has joined the firm as Senior Counsel.
“We are honored that Justice Lake, a distinguished North Carolinian and lawyer, has joined our firm,” says Kieran Shanahan, principal and founder of Shanahan Law Group. “Justice Lake is widely respected in legal, political and business circles throughout our state, and we are fortunate to have him on our team. Justice Lake will be available to handle general corporate representations as well as litigation and appellate matters for the firm.”
Prior to law school, Justice Lake was a Military Intelligence Staff Officer in the United States Army from 1956-1958. He earned his law degree from the Wake Forest University School of Law in 1960 and became a partner in a privately held law firm in September of that year. He represented Wake, Harnett and Lee Counties in the N.C. Senate for two terms, from 1976 through 1980. In 1979, the N.C. Center for Public Policy Research ranked him among the ten most effective members of the N.C. Senate. Justice Lake was the Republican Party’s nominee for governor in 1980 and served as the state’s lead delegate to the Republican National Convention that year. He has served as Assistant and Deputy Attorney General for the Department of Justice, as Legislative Liaison for Governor Jim Martin and as a Special Superior Court Judge. He was appointed by the governor to the N.C. Supreme Court in 1992, elected to a full term on the Court in 1994 and elected Chief Justice in 2000.
Shanahan Law Group is a boutique law firm in Raleigh, N.C. that offers a full range of business and litigation services. The firm’s practice areas include complex business litigation, business formation and exit strategies, licensing and distribution, agribusiness, employment law, white collar criminal defense, trusts and estates and government representation. For more information, call (919) 856-9494 or visit https://shanahanlawgroup.com.