Campbell Law Reporter

Host Stephen Dinkel talks with Certified Financial Planner Brian Cochran of John Moore Associates about company benefits, generosity and succession plans. 

Brian has been part of the JMA team since 2013 and became a shareholder in 2016. As a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional, Brian collaborates with tax advisors, attorneys and insurance professionals to help meet the financial objectives of the clients he serves.

Brian has been named the top advisor in New Mexico by both Forbes and Barron’s.* He was also recognized as one of the 2020 Financial Times 400 Top Advisors. He is proud to serve on the board of the New Mexico Christian Foundation.

Brian is a sports enthusiast and spends his free time watching, playing and coaching basketball. He especially enjoys watching Portland Trailblazer games with his wife, Emily, and their two sons.

On this episode of the Campbell Law Reporter, host Stephen Dinkel talks with New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author Steve Berry.

Steve Berry is the author of twenty novels, which include: The Kaiser’s Web, The Warsaw Protocol, The Malta Exchange, The Bishop’s Pawn, The Lost Order, The 14th Colony, The Patriot Threat, The Lincoln Myth, The King’s Deception, The Columbus Affair, The Jefferson Key, The Emperor’s Tomb, The Paris Vendetta, The Charlemagne Pursuit, The Venetian Betrayal, The Alexandria Link, The Templar Legacy, The Third Secret, The Romanov Prophecy, and The Amber Room.

His books have been translated into 41 languages with 25,000,000 copies in 52 countries. They consistently appear in the top echelon of The New York Times, USA Today, and Indie bestseller lists.

History lies at the heart of every Steve Berry novel. It’s his passion, one he shares with his wife, Elizabeth, which led them to create History Matters, a foundation dedicated to historic preservation. To date Steve and his wife have raised over $1.5 million dollars for historic preservation.

Steve was born and raised in Georgia, graduating from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University. He was a trial lawyer for 30 years and held elective office for 14 of those years.

Jenna Nichols speaks with Durham County DA, Satana Deberry about how she has started to change Durham County's prosecution of crime. DA Deberry began to focus on shifting resources to more violent crimes, reducing pretrial incarceration except when necessary, and using diversion programs. 

Executive Producer, Jenna Nichols, and Editor, Stephen Dinkel, preview the upcoming Fall 2021 season. In the first Campbell Law Extra segment, Stephen talks with the Executive Director, Maren Lowery, of Lawyers and Leaders, about their upcoming events.

In this episode, host Stephen Dinkel talks with Professor Tony Ghiotto, Assistant Professor of Law & the Director of Advocacy Programs at Campbell Law and with Maren Lowrey, the Lawyers and Leaders student coordinator, to discuss the Lawyers and Leaders program at Campbell Law.

U.S. News ranked Campbell Law School’s Advocacy Program 15th in the nation in 2020 - the only North Carolina law school to make it in the top 20. The Advocacy Program continues to perform well beyond more name-brand schools in traditional advocacy competitions, bringing home regional, national, and international championships. But good advocacy doesn’t just happen in the courtroom. It doesn’t just happen in law offices or what we think of as traditional litigation or trial work. Good advocacy, zealous advocacy, exists everywhere: from boardrooms and classrooms to the floor of a legislative body and in the courtroom well.

When he took over as the director of Campbell’s Advocacy Program, Professor Ghiotto knew he had an opportunity to continue developing Campbell graduates to fulfill the school’s motto: lead with purpose. His background as an Air Force JAG Officer instilled in him a deep appreciation for the intersection between zealous advocacy and leadership. And so he started the law school’s newest program: Lawyers and Leaders. 

In this episode, Jenna Nichols is speaking to John Rubin about the NC Second Chance Act, which passed in Summer 2020. This episode dives into how NC has patchworked bills, like this one, which aids North Carolinians in removing the harsh effects of a criminal record, giving them a second chance. 

Jenna Nichols, Host, sits down with Campbell Law graduate Tatiana M. Terry, as she explains how she uses her experiences to lead with purpose as she works with Campbell Law School to assist in engineering a student Social Justice Project. 

In this episode, the CLR team bands together to discuss the everyday struggles that have now become routine in their lives as law students. As the episode closes, the CLR members address their new definition of "leading with purpose" and share where they've seen the definition change in response to COVID-19.