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Brian Elston Law is a personal injury attorney in Asheville, NC and is dedicated to fighting for the people who need it most. Our team is ready to take on your case in a variety of matters from personal injury, to workers comp, wrongful death, employment law, civil litigation, and more.
Governmental Immunity and Boards of Education
This “Conversations with Chad” deals with how governmental immunity impacts suing a board of education. Most things involving government are not easy. Trying to get a governmental entity to give you money to compensate you for its wrongdoing is particularly challenging.
Former Chair of Education Law Section appreciates recognition
Education Law Chair appreciates recognition Chad Donnahoo, former Education Law Chair with the NC Bar Association, was recognized in April 2019 for successfully completing his term as Chair. The Education Law Section is a division of the North Carolina Bar...
A Good Old Fashioned Welcome
A Good Old Fashioned Welcome Chad Donnahoo and Reed Williams joined Brian Elston Law on April 1, 2019. To commemorate the event, the Firm invited friends, family, and the local bar to the Patton Parker House. The event was a success. Jack's 47 offered their...
Introducing Chad Donnahoo as a Burnsville Personal Injury Lawyer at Brian Elston Law
Chad Donnahoo Joins Brian Elston Law to be the go-to Burnsville Personal Injury Lawyer Yancey County native and friend Chad Ray Donnahoo joins Brian Elston Law as attorney and shareholder. Chad’s focus is representing employees in workers’ compensation and personal...
Chad Ray Donnahoo and Reed Williams join Brian Elston Law
BRIAN ELSTON LAW ANNOUNCES CHAD RAY DONNAHOO AND REED WILLIAMS TO JOIN THE TEAM EFFECTIVE - APRIL 1st 2019 ASHEVILLE, NC. (April 1 st , 2019) – Brian Elston Law is pleased to announce local attorneys and friends Chad Ray Donnahoo and Reed G. Williams have joined the...
Does my immigration status affect my right to benefits?
Immigration and Benefits? It is the law in North Carolina that all workers, even undocumented workers, have a right to file for workers' compensation benefits. Rivera v. Trapp, 135 N.C.App. 296, 519 S.E.2d 777 (1999). What happens if an injured worker is not able to...
Supporting students and parents in education matters
Four years ago, my spouse had to make a choice: continue in the teaching profession (as she had been doing for 10+ years) or.....provide for her family and kids the way that she wanted to. At the time the General Assembly was reducing its funding to public schools....
Will my weekly check change if I start my own business?
Will my weekly check change if I start my own business? "Weekly checks" the are benefits an injured worker receives when they are injured on the job. The weekly checks, legally known as temporary total benefits or temporary partial benefits, are provided to injured...
Advocating for Workers’ rights
Advocating for Workers' Rights "At the present time, thousands of jobs a week are disappearing in the wake of automation and other production efficiency techniques. Black and white, we will all be harmed unless something grand and imaginative is done. The unemployed,...
New Year’s Resolution for 2018!
Resolution for 2018! Here's to 2018, and a thanks to 2017.... In 2017, Brian Elston Law concluded a very heavily litigated case. The workers' compensation case reached the North Carolina Court of Appeals all the way from the deputy commissioner level. During the...