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Legal Services of North Carolina, Inc. (LSNC) has announced that it is establishing an Appellate Defender Program to handle the appeals of low-income persons convicted of crimes, according to LSNC Board of President James M. Talley of Charlotte.

"We're very pleased to establish this much-needed program in North Carolina," said Talley. "And we're also very pleased to announce that one of our state’s most distinguished trial and civil rights lawyers, Adam Stein, of Chapel Hill, has been named executive director of the new program."