Author: Bryce Neier

Attorney Bryce Neier practices through his private firm, The Law Office of Bryce D. Neier, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Focused on issues that strongly effect families, Neier has chosen to center his practice on complex divorce proceedings and child custody issues, and involves himself in many aspects of civil rights litigation. He regularly contributes his time to the Alliance Defense Fund to help protect concepts such as religious freedom and traditional family values. Neier brings real-world experience to the table outside of the legal field. Prior to attending law school, Bryce Neier, a nominee to the United States Military Academy at West Point, attended Stetson University on an Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps scholarship. After receiving his Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Finance, Neier served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany for five years. He received both an Army Achievement Medal and an Army Commendation Medal and attained the rank of Captain before leaving active duty to pursue a legal career. A member of the North Carolina State Bar, Neier completed his Juris Doctor through Campbell University School of Law in Buies Creek, North Carolina. With professional experience spanning two decades, Neier began his career during his final year of law school when he served as a Law Clerk for the U.S. Attorneys for the Eastern District of North Carolina and the District of South Carolina. Upon the completion of his degree, he was appointed to an Assistant Public Defender position in the state of North Carolina. He later went on to practice as an Associate at the Law Office of H. Terry Hutchens; from there he went on to practice as a Partner at The Law Firm of Brown and Neier. Bryce Neier attends Hay Street United Methodist Church in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Neier also regularly contributes to multiple charities including the ChildFund, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and Smile Train Inc., an organization that helps to provide cleft lip and palate surgeries for children in developing countries.

St. Jude’s Cancer Hospital – Neurobiology and Brain Tumor Program

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For more than 20 years, Bryce Neier has been an attorney at The Law Office of Bryce D. Neier PLLC in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Bryce Neier has been involved in several cases involving international child abduction and child custody, and has successfully litigated many of these cases involving but not limited to: Canada, Columbia South America, Germany, Japan, Portugal, and Spain. In addition to his legal work he supports a number of charitable organizations, including the Comprehensive Cancer Center at St. Jude.

Several programs exist at the St. Jude’s Cancer Center to help research cancer as it relates to children. One is the Neurobiology and Brain Tumor Program (NBTP). Brain tumors are not unusual in children, especially for those younger than 15 years of age. Out of all childhood cancers, brain tumors make up 20 percent. The NBTP program strives to research the biology of malignant and normal growths that occur in the nervous system.

Additional goals for this program include developing less invasive treatments to fight childhood brain tumors and developing interventions that will reduce the neuropsychological effects that can potentially happen from having and surviving the disease.

Smile Train – Providing Correction of Cleft Malformations

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As an attorney at The Law Office of Bryce D. Neier PLLC in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Bryce Neier focuses on family law , international law, entertainment law, and other state and federal civil litigation. Bryce Neier supports Smile Train, a charity that performs surgeries for children with cleft palates.

A cleft is an oral malformation that occurs during fetal development. It happens when there isn’t enough tissue in the lip or mouth area, resulting in the tissue not joining together. Clefts can be successfully treated with reconstructive surgery. Because of technology and evolving surgical procedures making things simpler than in the past, the surgery now typically takes just 45 minutes.

An international children’s charity, Smile Train provides completely free cleft care to children. Since its inception Smile Train has expanded to serve over 85 developing countries to provide this procedure. More than 170,000 children are born with a cleft malformation every year. Approximately 1 in 700 Caucasian births, nearly 1 in 500 Asian births, and 1 in 1200 African births results in a cleft defect. Since 1999, Smile Train has performed over one million surgeries.

Shriners Surgeons Develop App for Individuals with Cerebral Palsy

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Fayetteville, North Carolina-based attorney Bryce Neier focuses on family law, including property division, divorce, and child custody. Beyond dispatching his professional obligations, Bryce Neier supports various charitable organizations, such as Shriners Hospitals for Children.

A smartphone app developed under the supervision of orthopedic surgeons at Shriners Hospitals for Children-Northern California recently received the Fred P. Sage Award from the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM) in recognition of its contribution to digital health care education. Dubbed HipScreen, the app helps physicians detect hip issues at an early stage among children with cerebral palsy.

A third of children with this condition are susceptible to hip problems. With regular preventive measures such as x-rays, these problems can be detected at an early stage. HipScreen helps users navigate this process by providing them with educational material and other means of assessing the condition.

The app was recognized at AACPDM’s annual meeting earlier this year in Florida. Dr. Vedant Kulkarni accepted the award, as he was one of the leading physicians responsible for the app’s development.

Visit www.hipscreen.org to learn more about the app, which is currently available for iOS. An Android version is on the way as well.

Shiners Hospitals for Children Teach Burn Safety

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Bryce Neier is an attorney affiliated as an allied attorney (not employee) with the Alliance Defending Freedom Organization (formally The Alliance Defense Fund) and a litigator at his own practice in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Having prevailed on several major international law cases concerning child abduction, Bryce Neier also takes time outside of his work to support charities such as Shriners Hospitals for Children.

Shriners Hospitals is a nationwide chain that provides specialized treatment for children with orthopedic issues, spinal cord injuries, cleft palate and lip, and severe burns, as well as funding research for treatment in all of these areas. The hospitals have a focus on providing this care regardless of a family’s ability to pay for it, and thus relies on donations from sponsors to continue this work.

Along with its research and treatment, Shriners Hospitals for Children also have a multitude of programs available to assist in fundraising and research, and to educate children. Its educational programs focus on the issues that the hospitals deal with, and one of the most prominent is Be Burn Aware. This program teaches children safety around hot tools and stoves, and what to do in the event of emergencies involving fire. The program also provides those interested with educational materials and demonstrations for use at schools and gatherings involving children.

Tetley and Tata Trusts Launch $1 Million Partnership with Smile Train

A litigation attorney focused on family law, Bryce Neier oversees a private practice in Fayetteville, North Carolina. In addition to his work as an attorney, Bryce Neier supports Smile Train, a charitable organization that provides corrective surgeries for children with cleft lips and palates.

In a recently released statement, Smile Train announced a partnership launched by Tetley and Tata Trusts that will provide $1 million for cleft repair surgeries. Tetley, a Tata Global Beverages brand, is marking the partnership with the Tetley Smile Challenge, a digital campaign that aims to raise awareness about Smile Train’s life-changing work.

The Tetley Smile Challenge uses facial recognition software to capture smiles as individuals watch humorous videos on the challenge’s website. While there, participants can donate to Smile Train and share the smiles they captured via social media.

Through the challenge, Tetley hopes to raise 1 million smiles to match the $1 million donation, which will provide corrective surgeries for 4,000 children around the globe. To participate in the Tetley Smile Challenge, visit SmileChallenge.Tetley.com.

The Sky’s the Limit Program at Shriners Hospitals

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Bryce Neier is an experienced attorney with over two decades of experience focusing on family law. A graduate of the Campbell University School of Law, Bryce Neier currently serves as a lawyer at his law firm in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Outside of his professional work, Mr. Neier is a supporter of several children’s charities including the Shriners Hospital.

Based out of Tampa, Florida, the Shriners Hospitals for Children network includes over 20 children’s hospitals across North America. The first hospital was opened in 1922, and today the network provides high quality children’s medical services as well as research and education operations to advance the quality of children’s healthcare.

In support of its mission to improve children’s lives, the organization operates the Sky’s the Limit Program. An initiative of First Lady Ethel at Shriners Hospitals, the program provides funding for camp activities to help children discover their strengths through new activities, such as zip lining and rock climbing. The program is funded through charitable donations and provides various gifts to donors that contribute.

The Smile Train Business Model

A former United States Army officer, Bryce Neier is a proficient family law attorney that graduated from the Campbell University School of Law with a Juris Doctorate in 1992. Currently practicing at his law firm in North Carolina, Bryce Neier is also engaged in the support of several local and national charities such as Smile Train.

Smile Train is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a global presence that provides resources and funding for cleft lip and palate repair surgery. Clefts are physical abnormalities that are caused when body parts, such as the lip and roof of the mouth, do not form together properly in utero. Clefts can be corrected with reconstructive surgery and affect as many as 1 in 700 children.

Smile Train employs a sustainable model to fund the cost of cleft repair surgery. Local doctors are trained to perform the surgeries at participating hospitals that also share in the cost of the surgery. Under this model, a $250 charitable donation is enough to provide a free cleft repair surgery to a needy child in a third world country. The Smile Train model also includes aftercare and speech therapy to ensure the surgery was successful.

Jerusalem Post Youth Magazines

Bryce Neier has practiced family law, including international child custody and international child abduction cases through his firm in Fayetteville, North Carolina, since 1993. Prior to 1993 he concentrated in criminal defense litigation. He also volunteers as an attorney with the Alliance Defending Freedom Organiziation (ADF), through which he assists with litigation projects in the areas of family values, right to life, and religious liberty.

In addition, Bryce Neier supports the Jerusalem Post publication by donating monies to pay for the Jerusalem Post publications to be sent to major United States Universities and to churches and other organizations in the Middle East to include but not limited to educational magazines for children.

Established in 1932 by Gershon Agron and available in both print and digital versions, the Jerusalem Post is the world’s leading Israeli-English newspaper. In efforts to introduce children to English in a fun, engaging medium, the publication offers several youth magazines that include stories, activities, and exercises on various youth-friendly themes.

SNAP and CLICK are tailored for elementary school students, while ZONE focuses on topics relevant to middle school students. High school students can read about current events, sports, and entertainment in STREET. All editions are available in beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels, and all include a glossary that translates difficult words into Hebrew or Arabic.

Smile Train Trains Local Cleft Surgeons

A graduate of the Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law in North Carolina, Bryce Neier has litigated both criminal defense and civil litigation here and abroad since 1992. Bryce Neier also supports such charitable organizations as Smile Train, which provides cleft palate surgeries for children in need. Thanks the support of 2.7 million donors, Smile Train has developed a network of partners and programs in 90 countries worldwide and performed more than a million cleft palate surgeries.

Smile Train recognizes that cleft palate surgery is just the beginning for the children it serves, and so offers ongoing support in the form of dental and orthodontic care and speech therapy. In addition, Smile Train provides extensive training for surgeons and medical professionals in more than 140 countries, ensuring their ability to continue caring for the local community. In the past 17 years, Smile Train has provided tens of thousands of free scholarships, workshops, symposiums, and training resources.

Alliance Defending Freedom Argues for Christian Values

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Principally focused on family law and civil litigation including international law and entertainment law, and based in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Litigation attorney Bryce Neier received his JD from Campbell University School of Law. Prior to that, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army, where he served from 1983 to 1988 attaining the rank of Captain before leaving active duty to pursue a career in law. In addition to handling cases at his law office, Bryce Neier volunteers as an allied attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom Organization (ADF), an organization which litigates constitutional issues in areas of religious liberty and legal issues which are at the forefront of our country.

Alliance Defending Freedom Organization (formerly Alliance Defense Fund) was created by more than 30 Christian leaders in 1994 with the thought that Christians needed to unite to protect their faith against threats from the legal system to religious freedom and beliefs. ADF funds cases and advocates for its positions in defense of Christian values in court.

Two examples of ADF involved victories at the US Supreme Court are Rosenberger v. University of VA and Town of Greece v. Galloway. In the former case, the Supreme Court ruled that religious groups must be included on public college campuses where student fee funding is involved. In the latter case, the court upheld the constitutionality of opening government meetings with prayer, ensuring the legality of this long-held tradition across the country.