Ruffin poole biography of william hill
Corruption Charges Stop at Easley and Top Aide!
White-Collar Crime
Young Lawyer's Soaring Career Is Interrupted by Federal Indictment
By Martha Neil
After he graduated from a North Carolina law school in 1998, Charles Ruffin Poole’s legal career clearly was on an upward trajectory for which the sky seemed to be the limit.
Hired to work in the state attorney general’s office, he quickly gained a much higher political profile when former attorney general Mike Easley, was elected governor after reportedly helping to raise funds for his boss’s campaign.
Ruffin poole biography of william hill
In January 2001, at age 28, with two years of practice experience, he became the new governor’s deputy press secretary. A month later, he was promoted to a special assistant post and soon became known as the governor’s go-to guy in his role as special counsel.
When Easley left office early this year after serving two terms as governor and joined McGuireWoods, Poole became a partner there, too.
Now, however, the 37-year-old lawyer’s strato