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Attorney Profile
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Whether you find Lars Simonsen in his downtown Edenton office, in an art gallery showing his
collection of original paintings and sculptures, in the Sunday
School class he teaches or playing in his church band, on the sports field
coaching his three sons, or playing bass at local festivals, on the
radio, or in the music recording studio, you
can bet hes giving it his all!
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Lars
Simonsen is truly a renaissance man, he can do everything well.
(former partner, William Pritchett, 1944-2001) |
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University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, North
Carolina, 1990 |
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Doctor of Jurisprudence |
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HONORS: Order of the Coif |
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HONORS:
Graduation with Honors |
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Staff Member, North Carolina Law Review |
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University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1987 |
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Bachelor of
Arts in Biology |
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HONORS: Graduated with Distinction |
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North Carolina
Bar, 1990 |
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U.S. District Court
Middle District of North Carolina, 1991 |
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U.S. District Court
Eastern District of North Carolina, 1991 |
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U.S. District Court
Western District of North Carolina, 1991 |
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U.S. Court of
Appeals 4th Circuit, 1995 |
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First Judicial District Bar |
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Are They Right, or Should I Fight? Deciding
whether to Appeal Agency Decisions, NC Petroleum and Convenience
Marketers Institute, April 29, 2009, instructor |
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What on Earth? A Primer on
Environmental Law, North Carolina Bar Association, October, 11,
2007, instructor |
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Public
Health, Ground Water, and Water Wells, Legal Issues for Customers,
Consumers, and Private Wells, American Groundwater Trust,
June 4, 2007, instructor |
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Basics of Environmental Law, NCBA CLE Seminar, October 3, 2003,
program planner |
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From Wetlands to Brownfields: Allocation, Protection, Contamination,
and Reclamation, NCBA Annual Meeting of the Environmental and Natural
Resources Law Section, May 9 10, 2003, program planner |
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Dry Cleaning
Solvent Cleanup Act, North Carolina Bar Association Annual Meeting,
May 10,
2002 May 11, 2002, instructor |
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Listed in Business North Carolina magazine's
2010 Legal Elite (selection criteria at www.businessnc.com) |
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Listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 |
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Listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2009 |
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Listed in The Best
Lawyers in America 2008 (selection criteria found at
www.bestlawyers.com)
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Council Member,
NCBA Environmental Law Section, 2006-2009 |
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Council Member,
NCBA Environmental Law Section, 1998-2001 |
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Honorary Member
of the
North Carolina Association of
Launderers andDry
Cleaners |
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Professional
Associations and Memberships: |
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First
District Bar Association, member |
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North Carolina State Bar Association, member, Environmental Section |
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North Carolina Petroleum and
Convenience Marketers Association |
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Open
Door Baptist Church,
member |
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Rotary Club 1993-present |
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1965, Raleigh, NC, first generation American |
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| Family: |
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1987 married Chamblee R. Burch of Windsor, NC. |
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Children, 3 sons: |
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Micah- NC State University, Jefferson
Scholar
Class of 2013 |
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Nikolai- US Naval
Academy, D1 baseball recruit
Class of 2014 |
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Isaac- J. A. Holmes
High School, Class of 2014 |
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