J. Phillips

Background

Phillips was born in 1954 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States.

Career

Phillips was admitted to the North Carolina bar in 1979 and has worked as a partner of Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A., a law firm based in Charlotte. The firm was founded in 1960 as Fleming & Robinson, and its name changed as new partners joined. Bob Bradshaw joined in 1961, and the firm became Fleming, Robinson & Bradshaw, P.A.

Robin Hinson joined in 1978, and the firm took the name Fleming, Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A. That name remained in use until 1984, when Carlton Fleming left and the firm became Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A.

Phillips's practice has covered general civil matters, including antitrust and trade regulation, banking, bankruptcy, bond financing, construction, corporate law, employee benefits, estate planning and administration, immigration, international matters, labor and employment discrimination, real estate, securities, and tax, as well as trial and appellate work in state and federal courts.

North Carolina's licensing system requires applicants to pass an examination and be licensed by the Board of Law Examiners, which the State Bar council appoints. The North Carolina State Bar was created by the General Assembly in 1933 as a state agency to regulate the legal profession, and every lawyer practicing in North Carolina must be a member of it.

Membership

Phillips is a member of the American Bar Association, which was founded in 1878 at Saratoga Springs, New York, as a voluntary national association of lawyers. Its early goals included advancing jurisprudence, encouraging uniform state laws, and strengthening the administration of justice.

The North Carolina Bar Association, founded in Raleigh on February 10, 1899, is a voluntary association that works to promote the administration of justice and high professional standards. Its founding constitution limited membership to white persons, a restriction that was not removed until 1965. The North Carolina State Bar, by contrast, is a government agency that regulates the legal profession in the state.

• American Bar Association , United States

• North Carolina Bar Association , United States

• North Carolina State Bar , United States

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