Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog Attorneys Elected to Positions at Wake County Bar Association and Tenth Judicial District Bar

RALEIGH, NC, April 10, 2011 (Press-News.org) Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP attorneys Stephanie Gaston and Donna Rascoe were recently elected to positions for both the Wake County Bar Association (WCBA) and the Tenth Judicial District Bar. Gaston will serve as President of the WCBA's Young Lawyers Division for 2011, and Rascoe will serve as Tenth Judicial District Bar Councilor to the North Carolina State Bar.

Roscoe was elected to her position by WCBA members, and as part of her election, she will also serve on the Authorized Practice Committee and the Grievance Committee (Subcommittee I) of the North Carolina State Bar.

Both Gaston's and Rascoe's elections further enhance Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog's involvement in these organizations, as both lawyers have served on multiple committees there.

"We are proud to have some of our finest lawyers serve in leadership capacities for the WCBA and the NC State Bar," said Dan Hartzog, managing partner of Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP.

Stephanie Gaston has been practicing defense litigation for Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog since 2003, and has represented individuals and companies in a wide variety of general liability matters including motor vehicle negligence, products liability, premises liability, and business disputes. She has been successful in litigation before the District and Superior state courts obtaining favorable settlements for clients in many of her cases. She also was named partner at Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog recently.

Donna Rascoe has been practicing defense litigation in Raleigh since 1994, and has been with CSH since 1999. She concentrates her practice in the area of education law with a primary focus in matters dealing with special education. Rascoe also handles employment and other civil litigation matters for school districts and other public entities.

About Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP
Founded in 1992, Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP is a law firm that concentrates its practice in the defense of civil claims and lawsuits, representing individuals and businesses of all types. Consistently ranked as one of the largest in North Carolina, the firm has more than 90 attorneys and three locations: Raleigh, Charlotte and Wilmington. The firm handles cases in a variety of practice areas, including medical and professional negligence, products liability, construction defects, police and municipal law, premises liability and security, trucking/transportation law, education law, employment law, workers' compensation claims, commercial litigation, environmental and toxic torts and land condemnation. With its experienced litigators and support personnel utilizing the latest technology available, Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP is generally recognized as one of the most creative and innovative litigation firms in the state today. For more information, visit www.cshlaw.com, or call 919-828-5100.