Ernie K. Murray - Nashville, NC

Education

• Legal Education

  • Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston Salem, North Carolina, 1980
    J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
    Honors: cum laude
    Law Review: Wake Forest Law Review, Managing Editor, 1980 - Present

• Non Legal Education

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1974
    B.A., Bachelor of Arts

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney

Past Positions

• Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, Law Clerk, 1982 - Present

References

• Honorable Joseph Branch, N.C. Supreme Ct., Chief Justice (Retired)

• Honorable Edward B. Clar, North Carolina Court of Appeals (Retired)

• Honorable Charles B. Winberry, Superior Court Judge

• Honorable Sarah F. Patterson, District Court Judge

Pro Bono Activities

• Defense Research Institute, Member, 1988 - Present
• Thomas Hackney Braswell Memorial Library, Trustee, 1988 - Present
• Tar River Kiwanis Club, 1986 - 1987
• Nash-Rocky Mount, Board of Education, Chairman
• North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Trustee
• First Presbyterian Church of Rocky Mount, Deacon

Representative Clients

• Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

• CSX Transportation, Incorporated

• ElectriCities of North Carolina

• North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Ins. Co.

Representative Cases

• Lumbee River Elec. Membership Corp. v. City of Fayetteville
  • Citation: 309 S.E.2d 209
  • Court: N.C.
  • Year: 1983
  • Serial Number: 1983155976
• Warmack v. Cooke
  • Citation: 322 S.E.2d 804
  • Court: N.C.App.
  • Year: 1984
  • Serial Number: 1984157625
• Duke Power Co. v. City of High Point
  • Citation: 317 S.E.2d 701
  • Court: N.C.App.
  • Year: 1984
  • Serial Number: 1984132510
• Matter of Will of Cooley
  • Citation: 311 S.E.2d 613
  • Court: N.C.App.
  • Year: 1984
  • Serial Number: 1984107283
• Deans v. Layton
  • Citation: 366 S.E.2d 560
  • Court: N.C.App.
  • Year: 1988
  • Serial Number: 1988045247

Published Works

Articles

• Admissibility of Present Recollection Restored by Hypnosis 15 Wake Forest Law Review 357, June, 1979
  

Bar Admissions

• North Carolina, 1980
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1980
• U.S. Supreme Court

Other Affiliations

• North Carolina Bar Association, 1980 - Present (Member)
• North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, 1986 - Present (Member)