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Published on: 5/4/2006
Last Visited: 9/6/2009
James E. Creamer, Esq.
Blanco Tackabery Combs & Matamoros, P.A.
Tel: (336) 293-9000
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Winston-Salem, NC – James E. Creamer, Jr., a shareholder of the law firm of Blanco Tackabery Combs & Matamoros, P.A., along with E. Knox Proctor, V, an attorney with Ward and Smith, P.A., received the 2007 John Huske Anderson Award from the North Carolina Medical Society on Saturday, October 20, 2007 during the NCMS Annual Meeting in Charlotte.
The award was in recognition of the attorneys' work in improving North Carolina's advanced directives laws.
Outgoing NCMS president Darlyne Menscer, MD, of Charlotte presented the award.
"We are extremely honored to accept the award on behalf of the North Carolina Bar Association," Jim told the NCBA in a recent article.
"Many members of the Elder Law, Estate Planning and Health Law sections worked very hard on this bill.
In addition, Jim stated that the legislation was a great joint effort with the North Carolina Medical Society, NCMS members and staff having worked equally hard on this legislation as on the CLE/CME program sponsored in early October by both the NCBA and the NCMS.
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In addition, both Creamer and Proctor noted the efforts of Doug Heron, the Bar Association's lobbyist.
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In addition to their work on the legislation, Jim and Knox also helped to obtain passage of the MOST form, or Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment.
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Yet Knox and Jim persevered, and North Carolina citizens now have a much better set of laws for dealing with tough medical decisions at the end of life."
Jim received his J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law, and holds a Masters in Public Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University.
He practices in the firm's Estate Planning & Administration Group in both the Winston-Salem and Lake Norman offices.