James M. Deal Jr. - Boone, NC

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1974
    J.D

• Non Legal Education

  • Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, 1971
    B.A
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: with honors

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Classes and 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

Bar Admissions

• North Carolina, 1974

Other Affiliations

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