Background
Pinnix, John Lawrence was born on October 8, 1947 in Reidsville, North Carolina, United States. Son of John Lawrence and Esther (Cobb) Pinnix.
Pinnix, John Lawrence was born on October 8, 1947 in Reidsville, North Carolina, United States. Son of John Lawrence and Esther (Cobb) Pinnix.
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Bachelor of Arts, 1969. Master of Arts, 1975). Wake Forest University (Juris Doctor, 1973).
Phi Delta Phi.
Worked at Allen and Pinnix, P.A. (Raleigh, North Carolina) specializing in Antitrust, Immigration, Administrative, International Trade, Commercial, Corporate, Construction, Government Contract, Intellectual Property, Employment, Arbitration, Franchise, Unfair Trade Practices, Mergers and Acquisitions, Business Litigation and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Admitted to the bar, 1973, North Carolina and District of Columbia. Founding Member and former Chapter Chair, Carolinas Chapter American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).
Board of Governors AILA. Former Chair, North Carolina Bar Association Immigration & Nationality Law Committee.
General Curriculum Committee, North Carolina Bar Foundation. Trustee, University of North Carolina-G Excellence Foundation.
Vice Chair, American Immigration Law Foundation. Member, Immigration Law Specialty Committee, North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization.
Member, Best Lawyers in America.
Member: Wake County, North Carolina, American and International Bar Associations. At Allen and Pinnix, P.A., we help clients with Administrative, Immigration, Business Law and Litigation matters. We provide efficient personalized services in these practice areas by using computerized research and litigation support, skilled paraprofessionals and our specialized library.
Alternate delegate Democratic National Convention, Miami, 1972, rules committee, Washington/Atlanta, 1988. Board directors Farmworkers Legal Superior vena cava syndrome, Raleigh, 1990-1992. Member American Immigration Lawyers Association (founding member Carolinas chapter 1980, treasurer 1981-1984, 86-87, chapter co-chairman 1984-1985, 87-88, national Board of Governors since 1993, secretary national Executive Committee since 1997), American Immigration Law Foundation (trustee 1992-1997, vice chair 1994-1997), North Carolina Bar Association (chairman immigrationand nationality law committee 1989-1991), North Carolina State Bar (immigration law specialty committee board legal specialization since 1996), U. North Carolina Greensboro Alumni Association (board directors 1975-1976, board directors Excellence Foundation 1995-1997), International Focus Inc.
(board directors since 1998), North Carolina Bar Association (international law section county since 1999).
Married Sally Auman, June 15, 1985;children: Jennifer Elizabeth Haigwood, William C. Haigwood.