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as the new county attorney effective
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the county manager and county
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as the assistant county attorney in
Cumberland County from October
2006 to April 2007.
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chief legal counsel for 10 years.
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county attorney. He took on the additional duties as county manager
in February 2009. He has also served as county attorney in Macon
and Alamance Counties. He worked in private practice in Graham
and was the manager and general counsel for two North Carolina
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former county commissioner in Alamance County.
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Greensboro.
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legal actions on behalf of the county.
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Christmas Holiday on Dec. 24 and 25. All public libraries will close
at 6 p.m. on Dec. 23 and remain closed through Dec. 27.
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on Dec. 24 and return to normal hours on Dec. 26. The Wilkes
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