Ashley Huffstetler Campbell Wins 40 Under 40 Leadership Award

Ragsdale Liggett PLLC (www.rl-law.com) has announced that Ashley Huffstetler Campbell, attorney at the firm, has received the Triangle Business Journal’s 2008 40 Under 40 Leadership Award, which honors the best and the brightest of the Triangle’s rising leaders under the age of 40. Recipients of this award were chosen based on their leadership skills, substantial community involvement and significant career milestones. Campbell was presented with the award at the 40 Under 40 Leadership Awards gala on May 2 at 7:30 p.m. held at the North Ridge Country Club. All winners will be profiled in the publication’s special awards issue on Friday, May 23.

As an attorney at Ragsdale Liggett, Campbell practices in the areas of civil litigation and legislative and executive representation. She is a member of the Board of Directors for the Women’s Center of Wake County, a shelter and rehabilitation program for homeless women and children, as well as a leader in the Junior League of Raleigh, where she focuses her efforts on training women to be community volunteers. Campbell earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1999 and her Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 2003. A native of Gastonia, N.C., Campbell resides in Raleigh with her husband.

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News Facts:
• Ragsdale Liggett PLLC has announced that Ashley Huffstetler Campbell, attorney at the firm, has received the Triangle Business Journal’s 2008 40 Under 40 Leadership Award, which honors the best and the brightest of the Triangle’s rising leaders under the age of 40.
• Recipients of this award were chosen based on their leadership skills, substantial community involvement and significant career milestones.
• Campbell was presented with the award at the 40 Under 40 Leadership Award gala on May 2 at 7:30 p.m. held at the North Ridge Country Club.
• All winners will be profiled in the publication’s special awards issue on Friday, May 23.
• As an attorney at Ragsdale Liggett, Campbell practices in the areas of civil litigation and legislative and executive representation.
• She is a member of the Board of Directors for the Women’s Center of Wake County, a shelter and rehabilitation program for homeless women and children, as well as a leader in the Junior League of Raleigh, where she focuses her efforts on training women to be community volunteers.
• Campbell earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1999 and her Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 2003.
• A native of Gastonia, N.C., Campbell resides in Raleigh with her husband.

Quotes:
"I am excited to be named among the top young leaders in the Triangle," said Campbell. "It is an honor to be recognized by my peers and I am grateful for the continued support of Ragsdale Liggett."

About Ashley Huffstetler Campbell:
Ashley Campbell is an attorney at Ragsdale Liggett PLLC, where she practices in the areas of civil litigation and legislative and executive representation. Ashley handles a variety of litigation matters at Ragsdale Liggett, including business litigation, construction law, appellate advocacy and insurance defense in both state and Federal courts. Ashley also represents client interests before the North Carolina General Assembly and various government agencies. Prior to joining the North Carolina General Assembly, Ashley was an attorney for Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc., where she provided legal services to low-income residents in Gaston, Cleveland and Lincoln counties. At that time, Ashley practiced in the areas of housing, domestic violence and family law. She continues her work with Legal Aid by volunteering with Project Together, a project that partners attorneys in private practice with victims of domestic violence for purposes of obtaining a domestic violence protective order. Ashley is a member of the Board of Directors for the Women’s Center of Wake County, a shelter and rehabilitation program for homeless women and children. A leader in the Junior League of Raleigh, Ashley focuses her volunteer efforts on fundraising for dozens of charities across the city. She is a member of the North Carolina Bar Association, the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, the North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys, and the North Carolina Professional Lobbyists Association. Ashley and her husband Russell reside in Raleigh and attend White Memorial Presbyterian Church.

About Ragsdale Liggett, PLLC:
The law firm of Ragsdale Liggett, PLLC, is comprised of lawyers with extensive legal expertise across a broad range of practice areas, as well as experienced non-lawyer professionals. Known for their innovations in the arena of corporate law, Ragsdale Liggett lawyers are equipped to handle all of a business' legal needs, including formation, day-to-day business counseling, acquisition, disposition, merger and dissolution of companies ranging in size from small local businesses to national financial institutions and large international insurance conglomerates. The diverse real estate practice group at Ragsdale Liggett handles a wide variety of real estate transactions, from residential purchases and sales to all aspects of commercial real estate development, including entity formation, final project completion, complex public and private bond financing transactions, and the privatization of university student housing. Since its formation in 1972, the firm has developed an extraordinary reputation in the area of civil litigation and has enjoyed significant courtroom successes ranging from local state courts to the United States Supreme Court in areas with far-reaching implications, such as insurance/reinsurance coverage disputes, shareholder derivative actions, ERISA disputes, professional negligence defense, accountants liability actions, catastrophic personal injury defense and complex construction disputes. In 2008, the firm formally established a lobbying and government relations group comprised of both lawyer and non-lawyer professionals which represents client interests before the North Carolina General Assembly, the executive branch and various state agencies. For more information, please call (919) 787-5200 or view the firm's Web site at www.rl-law.com.

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