William E. Cannon Jr. - Waynesville, NC

Bill Cannon is a native of Leesburg, Georgia and has been practicing law for more than 40 years. He focuses his practice in the areas of civil litigation, business law, municipal law, and community associations. Bill has extensive experience in complex litigation and enjoys working closely with his clients in finding innovative solutions to the challenges they face. He has a keen interest in professionalism and has been a speaker for orientations on professionalism at law schools. Bill is an author of a variety of professional articles and has made many presentations on professionalism in the practice of law and the importance of the justice system.

Bill is a past President of the State Bar of Georgia and a former member of the Board of Governors of the North Carolina Bar Association. He currently serves on the Justice and Judiciary Committee and the Professionalism Committee of the North Carolina Bar Association. In 2017 Bill was appointed as the Town Attorney for the Town of Waynesville.

Bill and his wife, Dawn, are the parents of two children, Jenny and Ned. Jenny is a United Methodist minister in Maryland and Ned is corporate counsel for a health care consulting firm in Oregon. Bill enjoys community theater and has appeared on stage in H.A.R.T's productions of Welcome to Mitford and To Kill a Mockingbird.