Zaytoun Law Firm Files Class Action Lawsuit for the Bonner Bridge Power Outage in the Outer Banks, NC

Two North Carolina law firms with strong ties to Eastern North Carolina and the coast, Zaytoun Law firm and Steve E. Lacy, have joined forces and filed a class action lawsuit in Federal Court and will be filing a similar class action lawsuit in Hyde County Superior Court later today related to the Bonner Bridge power outages in the Outer Banks.  Steve Lacy’s Firm has offices in New Bern and Bayboro, and Robert Zaytoun of Zaytoun Law Firm, Raleigh, North Carolina grew up in New Bern, North Carolina and continues to have strong family ties in New Bern.  His Firm also has a legal association with the Law Firm of Ken McCotter in New Bern.  Mr. McCotter, a former Federal Magistrate Judge, concentrates in admiralty and maritime law in his law … [Read more...]

Zaytoun Law Firm in the news for federal police misconduct lawsuit against Harnett County Sheriff’s Office

As part of its ongoing series covering alleged police excessive force and misconduct in Harnett County, North Carolina, the News & Observer reported on a 124-page federal lawsuit filed by Zaytoun Law Firm on behalf of five of the county's residents, including the family of John Livingston, a man killed on his front porch by a Harnett County Sheriff's Deputy. The full News & Observer story can be read by clicking here.  The publicly-filed federal lawsuit can be read by clicking here. … [Read more...]

Zaytoun Law Firm attorneys featured in TBJ article on current trends in Medical Malpractice Litigation in North Carolina

Zaytoun Law Firm attorneys Robert Zaytoun and Matthew Ballew were interviewed by the Triangle Business Journal in an article examining the impact of medical malpractice "tort reform" passed by the North Carolina General Assembly in 2011. Here's what they had to say: "Ultimately, it is the public who has suffered by the unfortunate impact of denial of access to the courthouse. There may be less malpractice litigation today but certainly no less malpractice," says Robert Zaytoun, principal of Zaytoun Law Firm, a Raleigh group that represents victims of medical malpractice. "Good doctors are not defining their practices by fear of lawsuits or so-call defensive medicine," he says. "What drives them every day is a true concern for the … [Read more...]

Zaytoun Law Firm Seeks Public Records from Harnett County Sheriff and District Attorney

Zaytoun Law Firm was in the news after a hearing yesterday in Harnett County Civil Superior Court.  Zaytoun Law Firm, and co-counsel Jesse Jones of Jesse Jones Law PA, are proud to represent the Estate of John Livingston, a Harnett County resident who was killed at his home by a deputy of the Harnett County Sheriff's Office, in addition to representing a number of other good Harnett County citizens who we allege were wrongfully arrested, assaulted and mistreated by the Sheriff's Office. On Monday July 25, 2016, a hearing was held in Harnett County Superior Court about petitions filed by Zaytoun Law Firm to access public records from the incidents of alleged police misconduct and the District Attorney's file materials related to the death … [Read more...]