YMW Attorney Appointed to Board of NC American Society of Risk Managers

RALEIGH, N.C. (December 4, 2012─Yates, McLamb & Weyher, a Raleigh, North Carolina-based litigation firm, announces today that firm partner Jason Newton will serve a third term as treasurer of the North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Hospital Risk Managers. Newton was first elected in 2008 for a two-year term, was re-elected in 2010 and again this year. NC ASHRM has more than 300 active members.

Newton is a graduate of the Wake Forest University School of Law. He focuses his practice on medical malpractice defense and medical board proceedings. A significant portion of his practice has been devoted to the defense of healthcare providers in catastrophic injury cases.

About Yates, McLamb & Weyher, L.L.P.: 
Formed in 1983, Yates, McLamb & Weyher represents civil litigation defendants in cases focusing on medical malpractice, professional and general liability, construction litigation, products liability, insurance coverage and auto negligence. Founding partners Dan J. McLamb and Barbara B. Weyher shared a vision and built a firm characterized by legal expertise and skill, tenacity in defense of their clients’ interests, and civility and professionalism in the practice of law. Today the firm has 30 lawyers.

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