Archive for 2006
Judge awards $8 million in teacher-student rape case; Compensatory and punitive damages also paid to mother
RALEIGH, N.C. – Wake County Superior Court Judge Carl Fox awarded $8 million in damages in a case involving a 31-year-old middle school teacher’s rape of his 13-year-old student. The Judge ordered Stevie Robertson to pay $1.5 million in compensatory damages and $4.5 million in punitive damages to the child, as well as $500,000 in…
Read MoreKieran Shanahan Shines in Both Law and Politics
By Kenneth Davis The environment in which Kieran Shanahan grew up played a pivotal role in shaping his career in the legal field and the political arena. “I grew up in the Washington, DC, area, where many of the adults that I knew were lawyers or politicians or both,” said Shanahan, who’s based in Raleigh,…
Read MoreKieran Shanahan named to the Board of Directors for Prevent Child Abuse
RALEIGH, N.C. – Shanahan Law Group has announced that Kieran J. Shanahan, principal of the firm, has been named to the Board of Directors for Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina, Inc. As a board member, Shanahan will provide leadership, support, resource and program development and coordination for the prevention of child abuse and neglect in…
Read MoreAmendment Needed
On June 27, a state House Committee refused to even hear a bill calling for a constitutional amendment to prevent government from using eminent domain authority to take our private property for economic development purposes (news story, June 28). Instead of allowing this important bill to be heard, it was sent to the Rules Committee…
Read MoreKieran J. Shanahan named Lifetime Century Member by Tobacco Growers Association
RALEIGH, N.C. – Shanahan Law Group has announced that Kieran J. Shanahan, principal of the firm, has been named Lifetime Century Member by Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina. Shanahan was presented this award for his strong leadership and endless support of the Tobacco Growers Association of North CarolinaTMs members. Shanahan and his firm were…
Read MoreKieran Shanahan named to Board of Trustees for Bennett College for Women
RALEIGH, N.C. – Shanahan Law Group has announced that Kieran J. Shanahan, principal of the firm, has been named to the Board of Trustees for Bennett College for Women, a small, private, historically black liberal arts college for women. As a board member, Shanahan’s responsibilities are to ensure that the college’s purpose, principles, function and…
Read MoreGroup aims to limit eminent domain
Rob Christensen and Wade Rawlins, Staff Writers Former Raleigh Councilman Kieran Shanahan is creating a statewide organization to protect private property rights and fight abuse of eminent domain laws. Shanahan, a Raleigh attorney, has created the N.C. Property Rights Coalition, which will push for a state constitutional amendment to restrict government use of eminent domain…
Read MoreWednesday at the General Assembly
The House agreed overwhelmingly to phase out the video gambling machines by July 1, 2007. The measure would slowly reduce the number of machines any retailer could operate or distributor set up at one location from three to none. Repeat offenders or those caught with five or machines would be guilty of a felony. The…
Read MoreKieran Shanahan launches N.C. Property Rights Coalition
RALEIGH, N.C. – Kieran Shanahan, a Raleigh attorney and former member of the Raleigh City Council, has launched a new statewide grassroots organization to protect citizens’ private property rights and fight eminent domain abuse. The organization, called the North Carolina Property Rights Coalition, will push for an amendment to the North Carolina Constitution that prohibits…
Read MoreNew group takes aim at eminent domain
Kieran Shanahan, a Raleigh attorney and former member of the Raleigh City Council, has launched a new statewide organization that will advocate for limits on the use of eminent domain to seize property in North Carolina. The organization, called the North Carolina Property Rights Coalition , is a nonprofit coalition of individuals including Raleigh City…
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