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Associated Press
9 hours ago
- Business
- Associated Press
Top Family Lawyers Raleigh NC Emerges as Raleigh's Leading Family Law Firm with Compassionate, Results-Driven Representation
Top Family Lawyers Raleigh NC, based in Raleigh, North Carolina, proudly claims its position as the premier family law firm serving Wake County. With a focus on delivering exceptional legal support in emotionally complex matters, the firm is redefining the standard for family law services in the region. In an area of law where trust, communication, and empathy are vital, Top Family Lawyers Raleigh NC stands out by offering personalized legal counsel backed by a deep understanding of North Carolina family law. Their dedication to clarity, strategy, and advocacy makes them a trusted ally for families navigating divorce, custody, and support challenges. The firm provides a full range of family law services, including divorce representation, child custody advocacy, child support enforcement and negotiation, and alimony disputes. Whether clients are facing high-conflict custody battles or seeking a fair and peaceful resolution, the legal team tailors strategies that align with both short- and long-term goals. Top Family Lawyers Raleigh NC is committed to ensuring every client receives honest advice, prompt communication, and unwavering representation inside and outside the courtroom. Their approach balances compassion with assertiveness, helping clients make informed decisions while protecting what matters most. With a growing reputation for success in both settlements and trials, the firm's attorneys bring the experience and focus required to handle even the most sensitive family law cases. They work closely with clients to reduce stress, preserve relationships when possible, and secure favorable outcomes. For those in need of trusted family law services in Raleigh, Top Family Lawyers Raleigh NC is ready to help. Their team is available to answer questions, provide consultations, and stand by your side through every step of the legal process. To explore their services, request a consultation, or get support with a family law matter, individuals are encouraged to contact the firm directly or visit their website. BUSINESS INFORMATION Top Family Lawyers Raleigh, NC (828) 761-6225 [email protected] Raleigh, North Carolina Media Contact Company Name: Top Family Lawyers Raleigh Contact Person: Yvan Email: Send Email Phone: (828) 761-6225 City: Raleigh State: North Carolina Country: United States Website: Press Release Distributed by To view the original version on ABNewswire visit: Top Family Lawyers Raleigh NC Emerges as Raleigh's Leading Family Law Firm with Compassionate, Results-Driven Representation
Fox News
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Lauren Sanchez Just Revealed Her Dress… and Her New Name!
Lauren Sanchez gave fans a first look at her wedding dress and new Instagram name. Diddy's legal team wrapped up closing arguments. Vin Diesel's attorney is accused of getting physical with opposing counsel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit FOX News Radio
Globe and Mail
13 hours ago
- Business
- Globe and Mail
Top Family Lawyers Raleigh NC Emerges as Raleigh's Leading Family Law Firm with Compassionate, Results-Driven Representation
Top Family Lawyers Raleigh NC, based in Raleigh, North Carolina, proudly claims its position as the premier family law firm serving Wake County. With a focus on delivering exceptional legal support in emotionally complex matters, the firm is redefining the standard for family law services in the region. In an area of law where trust, communication, and empathy are vital, Top Family Lawyers Raleigh NC stands out by offering personalized legal counsel backed by a deep understanding of North Carolina family law. Their dedication to clarity, strategy, and advocacy makes them a trusted ally for families navigating divorce, custody, and support challenges. The firm provides a full range of family law services, including divorce representation, child custody advocacy, child support enforcement and negotiation, and alimony disputes. Whether clients are facing high-conflict custody battles or seeking a fair and peaceful resolution, the legal team tailors strategies that align with both short- and long-term goals. Top Family Lawyers Raleigh NC is committed to ensuring every client receives honest advice, prompt communication, and unwavering representation inside and outside the courtroom. Their approach balances compassion with assertiveness, helping clients make informed decisions while protecting what matters most. With a growing reputation for success in both settlements and trials, the firm's attorneys bring the experience and focus required to handle even the most sensitive family law cases. They work closely with clients to reduce stress, preserve relationships when possible, and secure favorable outcomes. For those in need of trusted family law services in Raleigh, Top Family Lawyers Raleigh NC is ready to help. Their team is available to answer questions, provide consultations, and stand by your side through every step of the legal process. To explore their services, request a consultation, or get support with a family law matter, individuals are encouraged to contact the firm directly or visit their website. BUSINESS INFORMATION Top Family Lawyers Raleigh, NC (828) 761-6225 contact@ Raleigh, North Carolina Media Contact Company Name: Top Family Lawyers Raleigh Contact Person: Yvan Email: Send Email Phone: (828) 761-6225 City: Raleigh State: North Carolina Country: United States Website:
New York Times
14 hours ago
- New York Times
Sean Combs Trial Live Updates: ‘Freak-offs' and Violence Are Dissected by the Defense
Sean Combs in 2018. He has been largely outside public view during his federal trial, captured only by the sketches of courtroom artists. He has shaken his head and fidgeted in his seat during testimony, passed notes to his lawyers and blown kisses to his mother in the courtroom gallery. Sometimes Sean Combs has pulled out chairs for the women on his legal team. He brought a self-help book to court during the prosecution's closing argument. His federal trial has drawn worldwide attention, with minute-by-minute coverage from the press and social media influencers who broadcast live updates from the street outside U.S. District Court in Lower Manhattan. But since federal courts bar cameras, Mr. Combs's demeanor during perhaps them most critical time of his life — Does he smile? Does he seem mad, nervous, sad? — has been largely outside public view, captured only by the sketches of courtroom artists. Over a seven-week trial, Mr. Combs, who is facing sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges that could put him in prison for the rest of his life, has been an attentive and largely easygoing presence in the courtroom. His expressions of disagreement with witnesses have been subdued, showing no inkling of the volcanic, violent temper often described in testimony. When George Kaplan, a former assistant, described the pace of working for Mr. Combs as 'almost like drinking from a fire hose,' the mogul nodded in approval. When another assistant, using the pseudonym Mia, said she would be punished if she did not do 'everything that he told me to do,' he just scoffed and shook his head. It has been an understated posture for a man whose profile as a chart-topping producer, rapper, reality-TV star and gossip-page fixture was larger than life. Mr. Combs has pleaded not guilty to the charges, and his lawyers have strongly denied the central allegations of the case, that he coerced at least two women into drug-fueled sex marathons with male prostitutes and used bodyguards and other employees as part of a 'criminal enterprise' to facilitate and cover up the abuse. On most trial days, Mr. Combs, 55, arrived in the morning from the Brooklyn detention facility where he has been held since his arrest in September. Officers from the U.S. Marshals Service brought him into the courtroom between 8:30 and 9 a.m., and he often hugged a few of his nine lawyers and gazed at the attendees in the hushed, high-ceilinged room. His mother, sister and three adult sons were frequently, though not always, in attendance. They often sat in benches near the front of the court gallery and Mr. Combs smiled at them from the defense table, at times flashing heart signs with his hands. Without access to dye, Mr. Combs's hair has been turning ashen white. He wears not the designer suits and Sean John-branded street gear familiar to his fans but a rotating wardrobe of five sweaters, five button-down shirts, five pairs of pants, socks and two pairs of shoes without laces. At times during the trial, Mr. Combs has made eye contact with jurors. Once, while lawyers were conferring with the judge, Mr. Combs rubbed his hands together to keep warm in the chilly courtroom. Then he looked to his right to see a male juror rubbing his arms. 'Cold,' Mr. Combs mouthed with a grin; the juror nodded and smiled. At one point, judge in the case admonished Mr. Combs after he said he saw the mogul nodding at jurors. 'I saw your client looking at the jury and nodding vigorously,' Judge Arun Subramanian told Mr. Combs lawyers out of the presence of the jury. 'That is absolutely unacceptable.' Mr. Combs's lawyers told the judge it would not happen again. Charlucci Finney, who has worked in the music industry for decades and calls himself Mr. Combs's 'godbrother,' has attended the trial every day, often arriving at the same time as members of Mr. Combs's family. He can be seen speaking to Mr. Combs on breaks, and she fully endorsed the notion that Mr. Combs has been actively engaged in his defense. 'He's always been a C.E.O.,' Mr. Finney said in a phone interview. 'He's a C.E.O. of his case as well.'
ABC News
2 days ago
- ABC News
Financial consultant ordered to live with parents before trial over sexual assaults, bad cheques
A Sydney financial consultant will live with his parents under strict bail conditions for a year as he awaits trial for dozens of sexual assault charges, accused of paying sex workers with dishonoured cheques and failed bank transfers. Mark Steven Sarian on Thursday pleaded not guilty to 49 charges, including 38 counts of sexual intercourse without consent, which relate to 12 women who allege they were fraudulently induced into sexual activity. The Crown alleges that over a five-month period in 2024, he agreed to pay the women for specified sexual acts either by cheque or deposit before blaming bank delays, promising to try another transfer when one failed, or complaining about their services. The 36-year-old's legal team will argue that he had a genuine intention to pay the complainants when he faces a trial next June, which is estimated to run for up to five weeks. Amendments to NSW law in 2022 aimed to better cover circumstances involving consent where participation in sexual activity is tied to so-called "fraudulent inducements". During a bail application on Thursday, the NSW District Court heard Mr Sarian told police, on body-worn camera: "They're just hustling me for cash." The Crown argued Mr Sarian had "no intention to pay" and handed over cheques to the first six complainants from a bank account that had been closed for over a decade. "The Crown submission is he has a compulsive determination to continue that offending," Crown prosecutor Ross Stainer said. The court heard that when two of the women confronted him, Mr Sarian complained about being "taken for a ride". "I wasn't given the service … It wasn't very entertaining. I'm trying to f****** teach her how to run her business," he allegedly said. "You just took me for a f****** ride and so I decided not to pay you." Mr Stainer argued that this approach continued when other complainants pursued him and Mr Sarian "lecture(d) them about how to run a business". Some complainants were paid from different accounts where a transaction appeared to be pending but it contained insufficient funds, the court heard. Another woman was asked by Mr Sarian for an invoice and was also "lectured", while one even opened a different bank account at his instruction. "It's just prevarication, because he had no intention to pay," Mr Stainer argued. The court heard Mr Sarian suggested to the women he was "a powerful person" and he told one of them chasing invoices was part of being an entrepreneur. "Get used to it," he allegedly said. Mr Sarian's defence counsel, Michael Gleeson, urged the judge to take a "creative" approach to stringent bail conditions and bestow a level of compassion on his client, given his mother has cancer and has been told she may live for less than 12 months. Mr Gleeson highlighted his client's community ties, including his father who attended court this week and was willing to welcome Mr Sarian back into the home. Judge Sharon Harris accepted the Crown case appeared strong, but said a "combination of factors" led her to conclude bail should be granted. Mr Sarian was handed strict conditions including to not leave the home unless for reasons such as work, medical or legal appointments and to report to police daily. He is banned from using encrypted messaging platforms, contacting any prosecution witness, consuming any restricted non-prescription substances and must surrender his passport. He is also prohibited from leaving NSW without court approval.
