Mike Hurley

Mike Hurley is the proud father of two great kids, a writer, and a partner in the Raleigh law firm of Yates, McLamb & Weyher, L.L.P.A native of Baltimore, he received a degree in English Education from the University of Maryland at College Park in 1981 and a law degree from St. Louis University School of Law in 1984.He entered private practice as a defense civil-trial lawyer in Houston in 1984 and practiced in Texas for eight years.He moved to North Carolina in 1992 and, after a brief stint as a sailboat charter captain while waiting for his North Carolina law license, resumed a full-time law practice.He is the skipper of an Endeavour 32 sloop, Gypsy Moon, which hails from Oriental, and enjoys playing guitar and jazz piano.

I am Mike Hurley, a 50-year old attorney and writer living in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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"Hurley's Pack & Paddle" soon became "Hurley's Journal," then took the name "Paddle & Portage."

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Michael C. Hurley will be appearing at noon on Saturday, April 30, 2005, at the Barnes & Noble store on 121 Glensford Drive in Fayetteville, to sign copies of his new book, Letters from the Woods: Looking at Life through the Window of Wilderness.

(PRWEB) April 16, 2005 -- Michael C. Hurley is a Raleigh attorney best known for the legal skill that has earned him an impressive string of courtroom victories over the past 20 years.What most of Hurley's colleagues and friends don't realize is that he is just as at home in a canoe as in a courtroom, and that readers across the country know him not for his legal abilities but for his secret life as a wilderness guru.At an appearance at the Barnes & Noble store in Fayetteville on Saturday, April 30, Hurley will be signing copies of his new book, Letters from the Woods, which celebrates his passion for the wilderness experience.

When his now-teenaged children were barely old enough to tag along, Hurley rekindled dreams of wilderness canoeing from his days as the restless child of a single mother growing up in Baltimore.He set out in 1995 to write and photograph a journal about his family's canoeing adventures all over the country.One friend encouraged him to sell subscriptions, and Hurley's Journal was born--soon renamed Paddle & Portage and distributed nationwide.Hurley sketched intricate maps for his journal and wrote detailed directions on routes, gear, and hidden camping spots along remote rivers.In each issue he also wrote a personal story embroidered with recollections from his younger years and later struggles to encounter faith and a sense of self through his wilderness experiences.

Before long, people started writing to Hurley to share their reactions to his personal stories, which became a reader favorite.
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Before the demands of his growing law practice in downtown Raleigh forced Hurley to discontinue publication in 2003, more than 10,000 people had come to subscribe.

Readers of the journal urged Hurley to collect his essays into a single volume, and that's how Letters from the Woods came to be.
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The Colorado Daily calls Hurley a "canoe camper extraordinaire."To hear one reader tell it, this is "wonderful, honest, and intimate writing."Comments like these abound.It looks like the verdict is in, and Hurley has scored a victory we all can savor.

Michael C. Hurley will be appearing at noon on Saturday, April 30, 2005, at the Barnes & Noble store on 121 Glensford Drive in Fayetteville, to sign copies of his new book, Letters from the Woods: Looking at Life through the Window of Wilderness.
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Letters from the Woods, by Raleigh, North Carolina author and attorney Michael C. Hurley (Ragbagger Publishing c. 2005), has been awarded Honorable Mention in the inspirational category of the 12th Annual Writer's Digest International Self-Published Book Awards competition.
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(PRWEB) April 5, 2005 -- Letters from the Woods, by Raleigh, North Carolina author and attorney Michael C. Hurley (Ragbagger Publishing c. 2005), has been awarded Honorable Mention in the inspirational category of the Annual Writer's Digest International Self-Published Book Awards competition.
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Hurley, who collected the essays, illustrations, and photos in the book from eight years of his quarterly journal on wilderness canoeing, said he didn't set out to create an "inspirational" work.He is happy that so many seem to take inspiration from it, and he is especially surprised and flattered to receive this recognition.
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