Background
Alala, Junior, Joseph B. was born on April 29, 1933 in Aleppo, Syria.
Alala, Junior, Joseph B. was born on April 29, 1933 in Aleppo, Syria.
University of North Carolina (Bachelor of Science, 1957. Juris Doctor, with honors, 1959).
Worked at Alala Mullen Holland & Cooper P.A. (Gastonia, North Carolina) specializing in General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice, all Federal and State Courts. Banking, Bankruptcy and Reorganization, Construction, Corporate, Creditors" Rights, Employment Discrimination, Estate Planning and Administration, Hospital and Health Care, Insurance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Negligence, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Real Estate, Workers" Compensation, Wills and State, Federal and International Taxation. Admitted to the bar, 1959, North Carolina.
1962, United States.
Tax Court. 1968, United States. District Court, Western District of North Carolina and United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
1979, United States.
Supreme Court. Phi Delta Phi. Beta Gamma Sigma. Member, Board of Editors, North Carolina Law Review, 1958-1959.
Certified Public Accountant, North Carolina, 1962. Author: "Tax Fraud & the Certified Public Accountants," NCACPA Tax Symposium, 1982.
"Family Tax Planning," NCACPA, 1979.
"Practice & Procedure before the Internal Revenue Service," University of North Carolina Annual Tax Institute, 1982. Company-Author: "Tax Planning for Professional Corporations," NCACPA, 1984. Planning Director, J. Nelson Young Tax Institute (University of North Carolina).
Member: Gaston County Bar Association.
North Carolina State Bar. North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants.
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Incorporated. Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel.
The law firm of Alala Mullen Holland & Cooper P.A. is a full-service law firm handling a broad range of individual and business civil matters.
Founded in 1951 by James Mullen and J. Mack Holland, its partners have included a North Carolina Bar Association President, two Gaston County Bar Association Presidents, three members of the Board of Governors of the North Carolina Bar Association, a member of the North Carolina Board of Law Examiners and a Federal District Court Judge. Its members frequently lecture at continuing legal education programs.
Member, Board of Editors, North Carolina Law Review, 1958-1959. Certified Public Accountant, North Carolina, 1962. Fellow, American College of Tax Counsel.