Background
Kornegay, Horace Robinson was born on March 12, 1924 in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Marvin Earl and Blanche Person (Robinson) Kornegay.
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Kornegay, Horace Robinson was born on March 12, 1924 in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Marvin Earl and Blanche Person (Robinson) Kornegay.
Wake Forest University (Bachelor of Science. 1947; Bachelor of Laws, 1949. Converted to Juris Doctor, 1970).
Georgia School of Technology'. Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Assistant Solicitor (Prosecuting Attorney), Superior Court of Guilford County, North Carolina, 1951 1953.
District Solicitor, 12th District of North Carolina, 1955-1960. Member of Congress Representing 6th District of North Carolina, 1961-1969. Chairman, Board of Visitors, Wake Forest University School of Law, since 1979.
North Carolina Bar Association (Chairman, Committee on Dispute Resolution, 1989-1990).
Worked at Adams Kleemeier Hagan Hannah & Fouts (Greensboro, NC) specializing in General Civil Practice. State and Federal Court Trials. Corporation, Construction, Arbitration, Surety, Labor and Employment, Insurance, Real Estate, Taxation, Trust, Antitrust, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Zoning, Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights, Banking and Finance, Closely Held Business, Employee Benefits, Environmental, Health Care, Non-Profit Organizations, Education Law, Professional Liability, Product Liability.
Admitted to the bar, 1949, North Carolina. 1952, United States. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina. 1959, United States. Supreme Court.
1979, District of Columbia. Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Assistant Solicitor (Prosecuting Attorney), Superior Court of Guilford County, North Carolina, 1951-1953.
District Solicitor, 12th District of North Carolina, 1955-1960. Member of Congress Representing 6th District of North Carolina, 1961-1969. Chairman, Board of Visitors, Wake Forest University School of Law, 1979-1994.
Chairman, Committee on Dispute Resolution, 1989-1992, North Carolina Bar Association. President, 1992-1993, Greensboro Bar Association. Member: District of Columbia Bar.
Federal Bar Association. American Judicature Society. Military: United States.
Army, 1943-1946, PFC. Adams Kleemeier Hagan Hannah & Fouts was founded in 1955 by Huger S. King, John A. Kleemeier, Junior, and Charles T. Hagan, Junior Since that time, it has been a multi-specialty firm with emphasis on business relationships and business litigation. The specialty areas in which the firm practices are set forth above.
President Guilford Young Democratic Club, 1952, North Carolina Young Democratic Clubs, 1953-1954. Chairman board visitors School Law, Wake Forest University, 1979-1993. Past chairman administrative board Concord-St. Andrew's United Methodist Church, Bethesda, Maryland.
Member administrative board West Market St. United Methodist Church, Greensboro. With Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association (chairman dispute resolution committee 1989-1992), Greensboro Bar Association (president 1992-1993), District of Columbia Bar Association, American Judicature Society, Wake Forest University Lawyers Alumni Association (past president), Sons of the American Revolution (trustee), Alpha Sigma Phi Education Foundation (trustee), American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Royal British Legion (honorary), Congressional Country Club, Greensboro Country Club, Masons, Shriners, Rotary, Phi Delta Phi, Alpha Sigma Phi.
Married Annie Ben Beale, March 25, 1950. Children: Horace Robinson, Kathryn Elder Kornegay Cozort, Martha Beale Kornegay Howard.