Ragsdale Liggett PLLC
Government Relations
DEALING WITH THE GOVERNMENT is an issue for every business, and can become an issue for individuals who hold professional licenses or find themselves in violation of a government regulation. At Ragsdale Liggett, our team of lawyers and lobbyists can help every step of the way. Our exceptional team of regulatory lawyers will work with your specific business situation to give you practical regulatory compliance advice. Ragsdale Liggett attorneys work with many agencies and routinely handle regulatory compliance negotiations, licensing and permitting applications and negotiations, and variance and special use applications and presentations. Our insurance and environmental lawyers are among the most experienced and capable in the state. If laws need to change to meet your goals, our highly effective lobbying team can help at both the legislative and rulemaking levels.
If all else fails, our uniquely experienced team, including a former administrative law judge, regularly litigates permitting, penalty, licensing and other governmental issues before the administrative agencies, licensing boards, Office of Administrative Hearings, and courts. If you would prefer to work it out, we also have a mediator who is highly successful in resolving disputes between governmental agencies and citizens.
Governmental agencies before which our attorneys have appeared include:
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Professional Licensing Boards: NC Board of Architecture NC Board of Examiners for Engineers & Surveyors NC Board of Chiropractic Examiners NC Board of Nursing NC Department of Insurance- Agent Services Division NC Licensing Board for General Contractors NC Medical Board NC Real Estate Commission NC State Board of Certified Public Accountant Examiners NC State Board of Dental Examiners NC State Board of Opticians NC State Board of Plumbing, Heating & Fire Sprinkler Contractors Local Governing Bodies: Boards of Adjustment (various counties) Boards of County Commissioners (various counties) Zoning Commissions (various counties) |
Regulatory Agencies Employment Security Commission of North Carolina NC Department of Insurance NC Building Code Council NC Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) NC Industrial Commission NC Office of the Commissioner of Banks NC State Personnel Commission U.S. Department of Labor NC Equal Employment Oppportunity Commission Environmental Organizations NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) NC Coastal Management Commission NC Environmental Management Commission U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
Representative Clients:
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; NC Association of Mortgage Professionals; NC Dental Society
For information on, or to contact, individual members of the Ragsdale Liggett Lobbying and Government Relations team, click on the name(s) below.
Frank R. Liggett III
David Liggett
Dorothy B. Burch
Richard Bolton
