Ernie Pearson Elected to Board of the North Carolina Economic Developers Association

Nexsen Pruet is pleased to announce that the North Carolina Economic Developers Association has elected Ernie Pearson as a board member. Pearson is the managing member of the firm’s Raleigh office.

Pearson and other board members assume their three-year terms on July 1^st, 2010. This marks the third time Pearson has been elected to the NCEDA board, having served previously from 1989-1993 and from 1995-1998.

“My commitment to promoting business development growth in North Carolina goes way back to before my time at the state Department of Commerce,” said Pearson. “I love our state and my goal is to not only help current businesses succeed here, but also to attract new companies and employers that will help make North Carolina stronger for my children and grandchildren.”

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NCEDA is the leading statewide association of professional economic developers and their allies in North Carolina. Its nearly 600 members promote the state and their communities as places for new economic activity. They are on the front line of economic development in North Carolina. Based in Raleigh, NCEDA provides professional development, advocacy and information services for its members. For more information, visit www.nceda.org.

Nexsen Pruet, LLC is one of the largest law firms in the Carolinas, with more than 170 attorneys and offices in Columbia, Charleston, Greenville, Hilton Head, and Myrtle Beach, S.C. as well as Charlotte, Greensboro, and Raleigh, N.C. Founded in 1945, Nexsen Pruet provides a broad range of legal services to the business community and represents companies and other entities in local, state, national, and international venues.