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Attorney Miranda Mills, a partner at Marcilliat & Mills PLLC, was recently featured as a “rising star” in the April 2019 edition of Trial Briefs, the flagship publication of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice. She was previously featured in the organization’s Member Spotlight. Mills is a longtime member of the NJAC. She has filled various leadership roles…

Our office in Wilmington, North Carolina, has moved! Marcilliat & Mills PLLC now has a full-time location in the Historic District of Wilmington, at 414 Chestnut Street, Suite 301. Attorney Kevin Marcilliat is the primary defense lawyer at the Wilmington location. As an experienced and award-winning attorney with a proven record of success, Mr. Marcilliat brings many…

Defense attorney Miranda Mills, a partner at Marcilliat & Mills PLLC, was recently featured in the Member Spotlight of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice. NCAJ is a statewide professional association of attorneys, law students, law school faculty and legal staff. The organization promotes nonpartisan justice reforms through public outreach and legislative advocacy. Its members also foster…

“How can you be consistently honest or just if you don’t have the mettle to take a hit?” – Gordon Marino, Professor of Philosophy and Former Professional Boxer Gordon Marino, quoted above, wrote a post titled “The Socratic Art of Boxing,” in which he discusses the apparent contradiction between teaching philosophy and coaching boxing….

Today is Day One of the North Carolina bar exam in Raleigh. The two-day “event” pits law graduates’ brains (and a bit of brawn) against the somewhat notorious and arduous test used to accept or deny admittance to the legal profession. Those who succeed with a passing score of 350 points will soon be…

Two smart law students from North Carolina were the first to win our $2,500 bar exam scholarship, to help defray the costs of preparing for the February 2017 bar exam. July’s next. As everyone knows, the next big exam happens in July, just three months from now. The time to prepare – as if…

Winners of the First Marcilliat & Mills PLLC Bar Exam Scholarship Two hardworking law students are about to take the February bar exam. No matter what happens (though they’ll do just fine, based on what we’ve seen of them so far) they’re already winners in our book, who impressed us with their answers to the question:…

“We need leaders such as you in public service to help promote our vision and realization of a better North Carolina.” – Office of the North Carolina Governor On Nov. 18, 2016, attorney Miranda Mills received a letter from Gov. Pat McCrory confirming her appointment to fill a vacant seat on the North Carolina…

And we’ll show you that we care about the next generation of ambitious young lawyers. Are you getting ready to take the Feb. 2017 bar exam? The North Carolina criminal defense lawyers of Marcilliat & Mills PLLC, based in Raleigh and Charlotte, are offering two (2) scholarships for law students who have demonstrated a passion…

Donald Trump doesn’t believe in polls. And maybe he’s right. Maybe he shouldn’t believe in them. Maybe all the polls in the world won’t make a bit of difference if he ends up winning on Nov. 8. Trump restarts his campaign tonight in Charlotte following trouble with the polls. Remember, Trump won the Republican…