The law firm of Blanco Tackabery & Matamoros, P.A. is pleased to announce that Daniel M. Vandergriff has joined the firm as an associate. He practices in the Corporate and Business Transactions and Commercial Real Estate & Development Groups.

Daniel graduated Order of the Coif, Magna Cum Laude from Wake Forest University School of Law where he served as Executive Editor of the Wake Forest Law Review. Daniel was recently recognized as a 2015 North Carolina Rising Star by Super Lawyers and is a member of the Federal, North Carolina, and Forsyth County Bar Associations.

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The law firm of Blanco Tackabery & Matamoros, P.A. is pleased to announce that Debbie McKenney has been elected to serve on the Management Committee of the Firm.  The committee governs the business management of the Firm. McKenney is a Shareholder and Chair of the Affordable Housing and Community Development Practice Group.

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Neal Tackabery was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2015 in the fields of Trusts & Estates and Tax Law, for the fourth consecutive year.

Jim Creamer was selected in the Elder Law practice area for the third year in a row.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers^® has become a well-regarded guide to legal excellence. Over 52,000 leading attorneys cast more than 5.5 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

Blanco Tackabery is proud to announce that Elizabeth Foley has been appointed to the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency Board of Directors. The 13-member board oversees the operations of the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency. The Governor, Speaker of the N.C. House of Representatives and President of the N.C. Senate each appoint four members. These 12 appointees elect the thirteenth member. Elizabeth is Counsel in the Affordable Housing Practice Group.

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Shareholder Elliot Fus was installed as president of the Forsyth County Bar Association and the 21st Judicial District Bar on July 14, 2014.  He will serve a one-year term as the head of the Bar for the Winston-Salem area. Fus has previously served in several officer positions with the county Bar association and previously also served as Chair of the Ethics & Grievance Committee for the county Bar.

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Blanco Tackabery is proud to announce that Ashley Rusher has been selected by The Business Journal as a recipient of the 2014 Women in Business Award. This prestigious honor celebrates the outstanding contributions of the Triad’s leading businesswomen. The award was presented at the 15^th annual Women in Business Awards ceremony and luncheon, which attracts over 300 business and civic leaders as well as previous year’s winners.  Ashley is a Shareholder, Chair of the Bankruptcy Practice Group and member of the Firm’s Management Committee.

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