Background
Ferguson, James E. was born on October 10, 1942 in Asheville, North Carolina, United States.
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James E. FERGUSON
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North Carolina Central University (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1964) Alpha Kappa Museum Columbia University (Bachelor of Laws, 1967). Member, Board of Directors, Legal Services of North Carolina, 1984-1987.
President, Board of Directors, National Employment Law Project, 1984-1988.
Lecturer in Law, Harvard University Law School, since 1985.
Career
Harris v. Miller, 335 North Carolina 379, 438 SE2d. 731 (1994); State v. Hunt, 324 North Carolina 343, 378 South.E. 2d (1989); McDowell v. Dixon, 858 F.2d 945 (4th in 1988).Worked at Ferguson, Stein, Wallas, Adkins, Gresham & Sumter, P.A. (Charlotte, North Carolina) specializing in Civil Rights, General Civil, Criminal, Plaintiff"s Medical Malpractice, Trial and Appellate Practice. Probate and Real Estate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1967, North Carolina.
Member, Board of Directors, Legal Services of North Carolina, 1983-1989.
President, Board of Directors, National Employment Law Project, 1984-1988. Lecturer in Law, Harvard University Law School, 1986-1992.
Member: The North Carolina State Bar (Member, Disciplinary Hearing Commission, 1981-1990). American Bar Association (Company-Chairman, Personal Rights Committee, Litigation Section, 1982).
National Bar Association.
North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers (President, 1974-1976). North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Board of Directors, 1984-1992). The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
National Institute of Trial Advocacy (Chair-Elect).
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Ferguson, Stein, Wallas, Adkins, Gresham & Sumter, P.A. is a multi-specialty law firm based in Charlotte, North Carolina, which has been in business since 1964.
The firm was founded by Julius L. Chambers, who left the firm in 1984 to become Director-Counsel of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Incorporated. in New New York Currently there are a total of 15 attorneys from diverse backgrounds working in the Charlotte and Chapel Hill offices.
The firm has a national and international reputation in school desegregation, employment discrimination, voting rights, general civil rights litigation, and criminal defense.
lieutenant is also nationally and regionally known for its representation of plaintiffs in personal injury and medical negligence cases, its work in teacher rights and education law, administrative law, workers compensation, and estates, business, corporate and real estate matters. The firm encourages professional development and activities: many of its members hold leadership positions in a wide variety of professional organizations and regularly teach academic courses and at trial advocacy and continuing legal education programs.
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Membership
Member, Board of Directors, Legal Services of North Carolina, 1983-1989. President, Board of Directors, National Employment Law Project, 1984-1988. Lecturer in Law, Harvard University Law School, 1986-1992.
Member: The North Carolina State Bar (Member, Disciplinary Hearing Commission, 1981-1990).
American Bar Association (Company-Chairman, Personal Rights Committee, Litigation Section, 1982). National Bar Association.
North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers (President, 1974-1976). North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Board of Directors, 1984-1992).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
National Institute of Trial Advocacy (Chair-Elect). Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
