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