Samuel H. Johnson Inducted into North Carolina
Bar Association's General Practitioner Hall of Fame
Samuel H. Johnson, founder and senior
member of our firm, was inducted into the General Practice Hall
of Fame at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Bar Association.
He was recognized for his outstanding accomplishments in the fields
of law and public service during his 50 years of law practice.
He was born September 13, 1927 in Sampson County, N.C. He attended
Pfeiffer College and following service in the Navy at the Naval
Research Laboratory (1946-1948), he attended and graduated from
the University of North Carolina (A.B.) in 1950, and in 1953 from
the U.N.C. School of Law (J.D.). He was admitted to the N.C. Bar
on September 3, 1963 and was admitted to practice in the U.S.
District Court, Eastern District of N.C. and U.S. Supreme Court.
He served in the N.C. House of Representatives from 1965 to
1974. He has also served as a Trustee, University of North Carolina,
1967-1973; Chairman, N.C. Local Government Study Commission, 1967-1973;
N.C. Joint Select Commission of Fiscal Trends and Reform, 1992-1993;
Advisory Budget Commission of N.C., 1969 -1971; and Special Counsel
to Speaker of House of Representatives and Lt. Governor, 1975-1977
and both Governor Jim Hunt and Governor Jim Martin. His profession
and civic memberships and accomplishments are too numerous to
mention here. He was a general practitioner in the early part
of his career. His current practice areas are legislative practice;
estate planning, business law; and trade association law. He maintains
his active practice with the firm, but finds more time to enjoy
his family and his various hobbies.
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