Background
Cunningham, George Gray was born on July 15, 1951 in Franklin, North Carolina, United States. Son of John Fredrick and Betty Sue Cunningham.
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George Gray Cunningham
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George Gray Cunningham, American Lawyer. Bar: North Carolina 1975, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1980, United States Court Appeals (4th circuit), United States District Court (eastern, middle and western districts) North Carolina. Fellow North Carolina Institute Political Leadership, 1990.
Education
Bachelor, Wake Forest U., 1973; Juris Doctor, Wake Forest U., 1975.
Career
Associate, vice president, Max F. Ferree P.A., Wilkesboro, North Carolina, 1975-1981; partner, vice president, Ferree, Cunningham & Gray P.A., Wilkesboro, 1981-1995; partner, vice president, Cunningham & Gray P.A., Wilkesboro, since 1995. Attorney Wilkes County, Wilkesboro, 1982-1984, West Wilkes Sanitary District, Wilkesboro, 1984-1991. Member Judicial Selection Study Commission, 1987-1989.
Achievements
Membership
Officer Wilkes Young Democrats, 1976-1979. Delegate National Democratic Convention, San Francisco, 1984. Chairman Wilkes County Board Elections, 1977-1982.
Member 5th Dist.Congl. Democratic Executive Committee. Sponsor Wilkes Little League Association, 1984.
Commissioner Northwestern Regional Housing Authority, Boone, North Carolina, 1984-1990. Chairman Wilkes Boys State Selection Committee. Member construction committee Wilkes Bicentennial.
Member Executive Committee North Carolina 4-H Development Fund, since 1988, also president. Board directors N.W. North Carolina Development, Winston-Salem, 1982. Vice chairman North Carolina Property Tax Commission, 1991-1993, chairman, 1993-1995.
Vice chairman North Carolina Indian GamingCert. Commission, since 1994. Member American Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association (family law committee), Wilkes County Bar Association (president 1982), Association Trial Lawyers American, North Carolina Academy Trial Lawyers (sustaining), Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Wilkes Young Lawyers Association (president 1981), National College Advocacy, Wilkesboro Business and Professional Men (president 1989), American Arbitration Association (panel arbitrators), Masons.
Connections
Married Christine B. Cunningham, August 9, 1981.
