(CHARLOTTE, NC) – Rick Glaser, a Partner in Parker Poe’s Charlotte office, was recently appointed Chairman of the firm’s Litigation Department.

Mr. Glaser, who served on Parker Poe’s Board of Directors for almost three years before stepping down, is replacing Russell Killen as head of the department. Mr. Glaser has also served as the Chairman of the Parker Poe Board of Elections Nominations Committee and is a member of the Parker Poe Diversity Committee. He focuses his practice in the areas of white collar criminal defense and internal investigations.

Attorneys in Parker Poe’s Litigation Department represent clients before state and federal trial courts, governmental agencies and national and international arbitration panels throughout the Carolinas, the South and the world. Many of Parker Poe’s litigation attorneys have been named by their peers to the American College of Trial Lawyers and among Woodward/White's The Best Lawyers in America and Business North Carolina magazine's Legal Elite, as well as being recognized by Chambers & Partners.

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Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP has approximately 200 lawyers in five offices located in major markets across North Carolina and South Carolina. The firm provides legal counsel to large commercial and public organizations on litigation, corporate and regulatory matters. For more information, please visit www.parkerpoe.com.