On Thursday, 18 May 2023, Chief Justice Paul Newby of the North Carolina Supreme Court presented to Charles K. (“Ken”) McCotter, Jr. of New Bern, NC, the prestigious Chief Justice’s Professionalism Award from the Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism (CJCP). The Chief Justice’s Professionalism Award is presented annually to an individual whose contributions have demonstrated the highest commitment to genuine professionalism and the highest standards of legal ethics. Ken is the first recipient of this award from the NC 4th District Bar. Ken graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1971 and has been a practicing counselor of law for over 50 years serving as a U.S. Magistrate Judge for 16 years and a trial lawyer since 1995.
Ken has been Of Counsel with Zaytoun Law Firm since 2017. Please join us in congratulating Ken for this hard-earned and well-deserved honor!
Read more at the Sun Journal:
NC Supreme Court justice awards New Bern lawyer
