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BANNON SPEAKING AT NCAJ CONVENTION IN JUNE.
Patterson Harkavy LLP
1312 Annapolis Drive, Suite 103 Raleigh, NC 27608
(919) 755-1812 www.pathlaw.com
Bar Admissions
North Carolina, 1997
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North
Carolina
U.S. District Court, Middle District of North
Carolina
U.S. District Court, Western District of North
Carolina
U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
(Pro Hac Vice)
Practice Areas
Criminal Defense
Civil Rights
Police Misconduct and Wrongful Conviction Professional Licensing Defense
Education
Juris Doctor, Campbell University School of Law, 1997
Bachelor of Arts, University of South Carolina at Columbia, 1993
Public Service & Professional Memberships
NC Advocates for Justice, Immediate Past President, Executive Committee 2013-2019, Board of Directors 2007-2019
NC Prisoner Legal Services, Board of Directors 2008-2017, President 2010-2016
NC State Bar Ethics Committee, Advisory Member 2014-Present
NC Commission on Racial & Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal Justice System, 2011-2013
NC Center for Civic Education, Board of Directors 2015-Present
NC Inmate Grievance Resolution Board, 2005- 2009
NC Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section Council 2007-Present
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Wake County Bar Association
Awards
NC Advocates for Justice’s Ebbie Award, 2005 Campbell Law School’s Most Improved Student,
Class of 1997
Wittiest Student, Socastee High School,1988 Favorite Junior, Socastee High School, 1987
“In our police misconduct and wrongful conviction cases, when I’m talking to o cers, wit- nesses, and experts about how the system worked in any given case, I bring a perspective of knowing how it has worked for 20 years in many others.”
“But on the civil side, we get a chance to peel back the layers and ask questions we don’t nor- mally get to ask in criminal cases about what causes individual and systemic abuses of people’s rights. No matter what happens on the back end, when some- one’s rights have been abused, the system hasn’t worked. But civil rights litigation does give you the chance to ease some consequences of that abuse, and maybe even change the system for the better.”
A COUPLE OF IRISHMEN
By design or coincidence, Bannon is, in some ways,
like U2’s Bono. Both of Irish descent, their desire to raise their voices on behalf of the marginalized started young, inspired by their mothers. Both are intense and passion- ate about human rights. They value “dreaming out loud,” but also understand another line from “Acrobat”: “In dreams begin responsibilities.”
“A lot of my dreams have come true with the privilege of a law license. But I didn’t get here by being special. Sure, I worked hard, but I also had an easier path than many. So it’s on me to con- tinue using that privilege to help them.”
Asked to name his favor- ite U2 song, Bannon doesn’t hesitate to respond with an- other lyric that he lives by: “We’re one, but we’re not the same. We get to carry each other.”
BANNON OUTSIDE NCAJ HEADQUARTERS IN RALEIGH.
AT A GLANCE
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