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    CONGRATULATIONS TO TREY LINDLEY AND SATIE MUNN FOR THEIR SELECTION AND RECOGNITION IN SUPER LAWYERS MAGAZINE

    Lindley Law is pleased to announce Trey Lindley and Satie Munn were selected to the 2022 Super Lawyers list for their excellence in the practice of law. Trey Lindley was selected as one of only six 2022 Super Lawyers in Estate and Trust Litigation, his fifth consecutive year receiving this award.  Trey was previously recognized as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers Magazine from 2012 through 2017, making this his eleventh consecutive honor from the publication. Satie Munn was selected as the only 2022 Rising Star in the Estate and Trust Litigation category in North Carolina.  This is Satie’s fourth consecutive year receiving the award for Rising Star in Estate…

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    2PAC’S SISTER SUES THE EXECUTOR AND SPECIAL TRUSTEE OF THEIR LATE MOTHER’S ESTATE AND TRUST FOR ALLEGEDLY EMBEZZLING MILLIONS

    Tupac Shakur, the rapper better known by his stage name “2Pac,” died on September 13, 1996, from gunshot wounds he received in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Now, more than a quarter of a century later, 2Pac’s sister, Sekyiwa Shakur, along with the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation, are suing the executor and special trustee of their mother’s estate and trust for allegedly embezzling millions of dollars from the estate of Afeni Shakur-Davis, which consists primarily of assets from the late rapper. In addition to embezzlement, the lawsuit claims Tom Whalley—who has also been serving as the executor of 2Pac’s estate since Afeni’s death—refused to turn over certain personal…

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    SHANNEN DOHERTY WINS $6.3 MILLION VERDICT IN INSURANCE LAWSUIT AGAINST STATE FARM

    The year 2018 was devastating for California, as it saw “the deadliest and most destructive wildfire season on record in California.”  Celebrities were not immune from the destruction—the fires claimed several Hollywood homes, including those of Miley Cyrus, Neil Young, and Gerard Butler.  The home of Shannen Doherty, actress and Beverly Hills, 90210 star, also suffered serious damage as a result of the fires.  Doherty quickly found herself in a legal dispute with State Farm Insurance regarding insurance coverage for the damage, and Doherty ultimately filed suit in February 2020.  Doherty’s case proceeded to a federal jury trial, which resulted in a $6.3 million verdict in Doherty’s favor in October…

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    CONGRATULATIONS TO TREY LINDLEY FOR HIS SELECTION TO BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA’S 2022 LEGAL ELITE FOR LITIGATION

    Lindley Law is proud to announce Trey Lindley’s selection to Business North Carolina Magazine’s Legal Elite in Litigation for 2022. The annual publication lists the state’s top lawyers in various practices areas. Business North Carolina magazine sends ballots to all active North Carolina lawyers asking them for the state’s best practitioners in their respective fields. Fewer than 4% of North Carolina’s 28,000 practicing attorneys are recognized. This is Trey’s second consecutive year being selected as a Legal Elite in Litigation. Congratulations Trey!