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MCCABE AND COLE GANIM AT APEX REC LEAGUE GAME IN FEBRUARY.
to dog bites, his niche is trucking accidents and nursing home mishaps.
“A truck driver doesn’t just fall asleep at the wheel. ere is some reason behind it. Just as there’s a reason why a CNA does not turn a nursing home resident who is at risk for bed sores. e goal is to uncover why these things happen. It’s not laziness. ere’s almost always an under-the-surface process that leads up to the event,” said McCabe.
“ ere are regulations that people are sup- posed to follow but don’t. So, we try to gure out where – and why – things went wrong. ere frequently is corporate malfeasance, usually with disastrous consequences. And then you get corporate cover-up. It’s not the wreck itself, it’s what led up to the wreck.”
“At the end of the case, there is a good feel- ing that comes from making a di erence in someone’s life. Some of my clients have be- come dear, dear, dear friends, and it’s exciting to see them get some relief and get some clo- sure. I’m happy for them. But I’ve never been one to get a great outcome and pull out my cheerleader out t and pom poms. It’s, ‘let’s move on; let’s try to help the next person.”
McCabe is an outspoken cheerleader for the NCAJ. He has delivered dozens of classes, seminars and CLEs for the organization and has been a proli c writer for its publications.
Of the scores of awards that he has won and that are displayed in his conference room, the NCAJ’s 2015 Ebbie Award means the most to him. “It was for dedication to the organization – going above and beyond. It was real impor- tant to me because of where I am in life. e law has given me an incredible life. I have a lot of gratitude for the people who were there for me, who guided me and helped mold me. Receiving the Ebbie Award was an acknowl- edgment that I was doing something right to show gratitude through my actions.”
FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF
John McCabe bounced into Caribou Co ee before one of our interviews, jubilant about something that had happened in the news. His exuberance is infectious. e air in the room becomes supercharged when he enters. McCabe hugs everyone. “I’m a hugger,” he ad- mitted.
“People have become super, super impor- tant to me. ere was a period of time in my life where I felt very alone. I don’t know if you’ve ever had the sensation of being alone in
FORMER NC SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE MARK MARTIN, MCCABE AND ASSOCIATE JUSTICE ANITA EARLS AT EARL’S INVESTITURE IN JANUARY.
JOHN AND REBECCA MCCABE IN KENYA IN 2017.
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