Background
Jones, Paul Lawrence was born on March 15, 1948 in Snow Hill, North Carolina, United States. Son of LeRoy and Esther Belle (Harper) Jones.
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Paul Lawrence Jones, American lawyer. Bar: North Carolina 1975, District of Columbia 1976, United States Tax Court 1976, United States Court Military Appeals 1976, United States Court Claims 1976, United States District Court (eastern district) North Carolina 1979, United States Supreme Court 1982. Paul Harris fellowship.
Education
North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro (Bachelor of Science, 1971). North Carolina Central University, Durham (Juris Doctor, 1974). United States Army Judge Advocate General’s School at Charlottesville, Virginia (Graduate).
United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Phi Alpha Delta. Listed in Who’s Who in American Law, and Outstanding Young Men of America. Staff Attorney and Assistant Clerk of Court for the United States Supreme Court, Washington, Doctorate. C., 1974-1976.
Managing Attorney for Eastern Carolina Legal Services, Incorporated., Wilson, North Carolina, 1980-1982. Appointed by Governor James B. Hunt as a Member of the North Carolina State Banking Commission, 1983-1987.
Career
Chief Legal Assistant Officer, United States. Army 2nd Armoured Division, Fort Hood, Texas (Discharged-Captain, 1976-1979). Major in the active Army Reserves as Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, 108th Division (Training), Charlotte, North Carolina Working as a partner of PAUL L. Jones. Admitted to the bar, 1975, North Carolina and United States.
District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina.
1976, District of Columbia, United States. Supreme Court, United States.
Court of Military Appeals and United States. Claims Court.
Achievements
Membership
Active Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Board directors Lenoir Memorial Hospital. Active North Carolina State Banking Commission, Raleigh, 1983.
Treasurer Lenoir County Democratic Committee, Kinston, 1983—1986. Active Lenoir Indiana Development Commission. Member of American Bar Association, Lenoir County Chamber of Chamber (board directors 1983), Lenoir County Bar Association (president 1983), North Carolina Academy Trial Lawyers, Association Trial Lawyers American, North Carolina Bar Association, Shriners, Masons, Rotary, Kappa Alpha Psi, Phi Alpha Delta.
Connections
Married Edwina L. Jones. 1 child Krystle Paulette. Married Asonia Lynette Battle, June 14, 1980.
