Virginia Walker, Author at Campbell Law Observer

Articles by Virginia Walker

About Virginia Walker (2 Articles)

Ginny is a third-year law student at Campbell University School of Law and is a Staff Writer for the Campbell Law Observer. Originally from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Ginny attended UNC-Wilmington where she received her undergraduate Business Marketing degree. Following undergraduate studies, Ginny worked in banking for three years where she helped small business owners. Since beginning law school, Ginny completed an externship at the Bankruptcy Court as well as internships for several business law firms. Currently, Ginny works as an Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law Research Assistant. Her primary interests include trust and estate law, advising start-ups, and transactional business law.

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women: An Epidemic

August 9, 2023

Countless cases of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women have been reported by Indigenous communities but have not made headlines. The following personal accounts come from those reports. It is April 18, 2017 and residents of a neighborhood in Lumberton, North Carolina have just discovered the naked body of Rhonda Jones stuffed in a trashcan. Rhonda was a thirty-six year old woman and member of the Lumbee Tribe. Only a few hours had passed when Christina Bennett, another member of the Lumbee [...]

What White Collar Crime Threats Remain as the Country Emerges from COVID-19?

February 5, 2023

Are the 474 defendants charged with crimes for COVID-19 fraud schemes and the 1,686,121 reports of identity theft in 2021 just the tip of the iceberg? COVID-19 steered the world into financial disruption. As a result, the prevalence of white collar crime has skyrocketed over the last few years, particularly in the forms of government benefits fraud and identity theft. White collar criminals have targeted government benefits such as the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, the [...]