Background
Preston, James Young was born on September 21, 1937 in Atlanta. Son of James William and Mary Lou (Young) Preston.
Preston, James Young was born on September 21, 1937 in Atlanta. Son of James William and Mary Lou (Young) Preston.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Bachelor of Arts, 1958. Juris Doctor, with high honors, 1961). Phi Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa.
Order of the Coif.
Editor in Chief, North Carolina Law Review, 1960. Member, House of Delegates, American Bar Association. Councilor, 1980-1985 and President, 1987-1988, North Carolina Bar Association.
Worked at Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein Limited liability partnership (Charlotte, North Carolina) specializing in Administrative and Regulatory, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Arbitration, Banking, Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Reorganization, Biotechnology, Computer, Construction, Copyright, Corporate, Education, Employee Benefits and Compensation Plans, Employment, Environmental, Estate Planning and Administration, Governmental Contracts and Procurement, Governmental Relations, Health Care, Immigration, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International Trade and Investment, Land Use and Zoning, Lending and Finance, Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships, Litigation, Malpractice Defense, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal, Products Liability, Public Finance, Real Estate (Commercial and Residential), Securities, Tax Exempt Organizations, Taxation, Technology Management and Licensing, Telecommunications, Trademark, Transportation, Utilities Regulation. Admitted to the bar, 1961, North Carolina. Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif.
Editor in Chief, North Carolina Law Review.
Member, House of Delegates, American Bar Association, 1988-1992, 1995. Past President, North Carolina State Bar.
Member: American Law Institute. Fellow, American Bar Foundation.
Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein Limited liability partnership is one of the oldest and largest firms in the Carolinas.
From its Raleigh, Charlotte, Spartanburg and Columbia offices it serves a region recognized as an emerging center for business and industry. Our European office is located in Frankfurt, the banking, business and commercial capital of continental Europe. Foreign information contact Irvin West. Hankins III, Managing Partner, or Sara H. Schreibman, Development Director, 704-372-9000.
President Charlotte Area Fund, 1968, Cmty. School of Arts, 1976-1978. President Arts and Science Council Charlotte/Mecklenburg, Inc., 1986-1987, chair The National Conference for Cmty. and Justice, Charlotte, since 1996, Wildacres Leadership Initiative, since 1994.
Vice chair North Carolina Dance Theatre, 1995-1997. Member American Bar Association (house delegations 1988-1992, 95-97), North Carolina State Bar (president 1987-1988), American Law Institute, National Conference Bar Presidents (executive county 1989-1992), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma.
Married Elizabeth Buxton Gregory, June 13, 1959. Children: Elizabeth P. Carr, Mary Lane P. Lennon, James Brenton Preston.