Raleigh, NC – Kenneth L. Burgess, a Partner in Poyner & Spruill’s Health Care Practice Group, has been appointed to the North Carolina Medical Society’s Ethical and Judicial Affairs Committee for 2008 as one of two attorney “consultants.” Attorney Linwood Jones was also appointed to the Committee.

The Ethical and Judicial Affairs Committee is made up of 25 well-known doctors from across the state, as well as several ethicists and hospital academics. The Committee interprets the principles of medical ethics and investigates general ethical conditions. It also helps guide the Medical Society’s Board of Directors in reviewing and making recommendations and taking positions on pending legal, legislative and ethics issues that affect doctors state-wide.

Ken is a long-term care attorney advising clients on a wide variety of legal planning issues arising in the skilled nursing facility setting, assisted living setting, and other spheres of long-term care. He is a frequent national lecturer and author of industry manuals, national trade journal magazine articles and similar training tools. He serves Poyner & Spruill clients by focusing on legal issues impacting the long-term care and health services sector.

Ken graduated from the University of North Carolina with a B.A. in 1979, and received his J.D. cum laude from Campbell University Law School in 1984. He can be reached at 919-783-2917 or kburgess@poynerspruill.com.