Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein launched an effort to assist private and public universities on matters including bond funding, real estate, intellectual property, civil rights and government relations.

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Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein launched an effort to assist private and public universities on matters including bond funding, real estate, intellectual property, civil rights and government relations. The group includes 15 attorneys at multiple offices and will be led by Russell Killen and Will Cannon, both from the firm's Raleigh office. A graduate of UNC Chapel Hill with a law degree from Duke University, Killen, 47, was mayor of Knightdale between 2007 and 2015 and advises universities in real-estate and construction transactions...