Background
Fountain, John Nicholas was born on January 26, 1944 in High Point, North Carolina, United States. Son of Robert Roy Fountain, Senior and Hilda Burton Fountain.
Fountain, John Nicholas was born on January 26, 1944 in High Point, North Carolina, United States. Son of Robert Roy Fountain, Senior and Hilda Burton Fountain.
Duke University (Bachelor of Arts, 1965). Wake Forest University (Juris Doctor, 1968). Phi Alpha Delta. Research Assistant to Judge David M. Britt, North Carolina Court of Appeals, 1968-1969.
Member, North Carolina Administrative Procedures Study Commission, 19801981.
Working as a partner of YOUNG, MOORE, HENDERSON & ALVIS. Admitted to the bar, 1968, North Carolina and United States. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina. 1979, United States. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit.
1988, United States. Supreme Court.
Elder, deacon, treasurer White Memorial Presbyterian Church, Raleigh. President Wake County and 10th District Bar, 1988—1989. Member of Wake County Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association (chair, endowment, legislation, administration law section since 1979, board governors 1985-1988), Raleigh Kiwanis (committee chair).
Married Doris Thomas Fountain (divorced February 1996). Children: Laura Fountain Elms, Reed Nicholas. Married Julia Barkhurst Fountain, May 25, 1996.