Protecting Your Rights With Professionalism And Tenacity

James M. Deal Jr.

  • Partner

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Practice Areas

  • Estate Planning
  • Trusts
  • Real Estate
  • Business Law

Education

  • University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • J.D - 1974
  • Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
    • B.A - 1971
    • Honors: magna cum laude
    • Honors: with honors

Bar Admissions

  • North Carolina, 1974

Honors

  • North Carolina Bar Association Citizen Lawyer Award , 2007
  • Recipient: North Carolina State Bar Distinguished Service Award, 2009
  • North Carolina - Order of the Long Leaf Pine Award , 2015
  • Sunrise Rotary - Lifetime Community Service Award, 2022
  • Appalachian State University Distinguished Alumni Award, 2016
  • Watauga County Spirit of Philanthropy Award, 2006
  • Chamber of Commerce Community Recognition Award, 2007

Classes & Seminars

  • Appalachian State University, Instructor - Business Law, 1986-1990
  • Watauga and Ashe Counties, Seminars on Estate Planning, 1995

Pro-Bono Activities

  • University of North Carolina Law School Alumni Board, 2014 - current, President 2021-2024
  • UNC Health Appalachian Regional Healthcare System, 2005-2012, 2016-current, Chairman 2023-2025
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Visitors, 2017 - 2021
  • The Appalachian Theatre Board of Trustees, 2012-2023
  • University of North Carolina System, Board of Governors, 2009-2013
  • University of North Carolina General Alumni Board, 2018-2024
  • Watauga County Board of Commissioners, 2004-2012, Chairman 2004-2010
  • Appalachian State University Board of Trustees, 2001-2009, Chairman 2006-2008
  • Watauga County Board of Education, 1990-1998, Chairman 1995-1998
  • North Carolina Governor’s Commission on Access to Sound Basic Education, 2017-2021
  • Boone United Methodist Church Administrative Council, 1995-current, Chairman of Endowment Committee, 2010-current

Professional Associations

  • North Carolina Bar Association, Estate Planning and Fiduciary Law Section, Member
  • e.Planners Estate Planning Forum
  • Wealth Counsel Estate Planning
  • Watauga County Bar Association