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Press Millen Discusses Judicial Elections in Op-Ed Column
October 13, 2010
RALEIGH, N.C.—Womble Carlyle attorney Press Millen wrote an op-ed piece for the Raleigh News & Observer on the need to reform North Carolina’s judicial election system.
North Carolina is one of 39 states to allow voters to choose judges for at least some courts. But Millen said that such elections are plagued by a lack of information on the candidates. As a result, participation rates are low for such elections.
“It's not that the voters don't want to vote for the best candidate. They just don't know who the best candidate is,” Millen writes. He recommends that the state adopt a model more closely based on the federal system of appointing judges.
The article ran in the Oct. 10th edition of the newspaper.
Press Millen is a trial attorney who has litigated a wide variety of antitrust and other complex business cases, including class actions, in federal and state courts throughout the United States. He has represented clients in numerous industries including pharmaceuticals, software, telecom, and retail. Numerous independent sources, including Chambers USA and The Best Lawyers in America, have named him one of North Carolina’s top litigators. Millen practices in Womble Carlyle’s Raleigh office.
Press Millen is a trial attorney who has litigated a wide variety of antitrust and other complex business cases, including class actions, in federal and state courts throughout the United States. He has represented clients in numerous industries including pharmaceuticals, software, telecom, and retail. Numerous independent sources, including Chambers USA and The Best Lawyers in America, have named him one of North Carolina’s top litigators. Millen practices in Womble Carlyle’s Raleigh office.
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