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Join us in congratulating Linda Ward for being selected as Best Attorney in the Wake Living 2024 Reader’s Choice Awards. This is the FOURTH time that Linda has been recognized for this award! Linda believes that Family Law is a unique area of law where a lawyer can help make a difference. Thanks to the readers of Wake Living Magazine for their continued confidence in our firm.
As 2023 comes to a close, we reflect on the work our firm has done this year, and the professionalism and contributions our team has made to our clients and our community. Our lawyers are committed to the profession and making a difference in people’s lives. In fact, the attorneys at Ward Family Law Group donated or discounted over 375 hours of legal work in 2023—that’s over nine weeks of free legal services! In 2023, you could also find our team making a difference in our community. This ranges from… Read More
Happy Holidays! It’s Giving Tuesday, and we are continuing our tradition of making charitable donations to two local organizations that we believe make an impact in our communities. This year, Ward Family Law Group is proud to support……. In 1983, North Carolina State Professor Doctor Ed Funkhouser and Raleigh businessman Ben Eason founded the North Carolina Reading Service (NCRS). Its mission is to connect those who are vision and print impaired with news and information and replace isolation with connections. They have daily live broadcasts of various newspapers and news… Read More
It is easy to get attached to a pet, especially cats and dogs. They bring us comfort, keep us company, and become part of the family. But what happens to those pets when their owners split? Pets are personal property When a relationship goes south, figuring out who gets to keep the pets can become a contentious fight and often pets are used as a bargaining chip in divorces. State laws, including North Carolina, consider pets as personal property, just like the sofa or dining room furniture. However, unlike inanimate… Read More
Ward Family Law Group is pleased to announce that once again Attorney Dale Stephenson is recognized in the fourth edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™ for her high caliber work in Family Law. Best Lawyers released their 2024 recognitions publicly on August 17, 2023. This recognition acknowledges her outstanding reputation as an attorney and advocate, and we are extremely proud of Dale’s accomplishment and her continued dedication to her clients and the profession. Best Lawyers has been regarded by lawyers and the public for more than 40 years as the… Read More
On Thursday, May 18, 2023, Wake County District Court Judge Ashleigh P. Dunston presented a motion in open court for Dale’s admittance, along with select attorneys of the Wake County Bar, to the Supreme Court of the United States. Chief Justice Roberts granted Judge Dunston’s motion, officially granting Dale admittance to practice law before the highest court in America. Not only was May 18, 2023, a significant milestone in Dale’s legal career, it was also a special day for the Court. Prior to issuing the opinions of six landmark cases,… Read More
Ward Family Law Group is pleased to announce the addition of Ryan Tarrant to the Wake County Parenting coordinator list. Ryan is currently accepting appointments as a Parenting Coordinator in Wake County. Ryan Tarrant earned his law degree from Campbell University’s Norman Adrian Wiggins School of law and is certified by the State Bar of North Carolina as a specialist in Family Law. He trained as a parenting coordinator through The Center for Cooperative Parenting, Inc. Ryan’s current hourly rate as a Parenting Coordinator is currently $150.00. To read more… Read More
Thanks to the readers of Wake Living Magazine for naming Linda Ward as BEST ATTORNEY. It is an honor to be recognized. Thank you!
