Attorney Profile

Floyd B. McKissick, Jr.'s  - C R  E D E N T I A L S

• Attorney Floyd B. McKissick, Jr. specializes in Civil Litigation: His practice areas include Family Law, Business Law and Commercial Litigation and Land Use and Zoning Law, Contract Disputes, Administration Law.
• Received an B.A. Degree in Geography, from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts
• Received a Master's Degree in Regional Planning, from UNC-Chapel Hill, North Carolina, specializing in Land Use Planning and Financial Management
• Received a Master's Degree in Public Administration, from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, specializing in Management of State & Local Government and Diplomacy
• Received a JD Degree from the Duke University School of Law in Durham, North Carolina. Attorney McKissick has practiced law since 1983 with a number of law firms, including Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin in Washington, D.C. and Faison, Brown & Brough in Durham, N.C. Attorney McKissick has practiced with McKissick & McKissick since 1990.
• Attorney McKissick, during the course of his career, has represented Fortune 500 corporations, as well as small businesses, and numerous individuals in a variety of complex matters.
• Certified as a Mediator by the North Carolina Courts in 1995 
• Co-authored a guide book for the International Trade Administration in the U.S. Department of Commerce on Attracting Foreign Direct Investment to the United States (1981).
• Authored an Article for the Construction Law Advisor on When An Owner Can Terminate a Construction Contract Due to Delay (1984).
• Floyd McKissick III's: Background information coming soon. 

P O L I T I C A L  &  C O M M U N I T Y  I N V O L V E M E N T

• Served 8 years as a Member of the Durham City Council 
• Served 2 years as Chairman of City Council's Public Works Committee
• Served 6 years as Chairman of City Council's Taxi Cab Sub-committee
• Former Chairman of the Durham Joint City-County Planning Committee
• Served 7 years as a Member of the Triangle J Council of Governments and served a term as its Chairman
• Served as Chairman of the Triangle J Council of Government Legislative Policy sub-committee.
• Served as Chairman of the Triangle J’s Special Energy Deregulation sub-committee
• Served as Chairman of Triangle J’s Center of the Region Conference
• Former member of the Durham City Board of Adjustment 
• Served 4 years as Chairman of City Council's Legislative Committee 
• Former Member of the Board of Directors of the N.C. Museum of Life and Science
• Member of the Board of Directors of the N.C. Museum of Life and Science and Member of the Board of Directors of the Triangle Regional Council 
• Former member of the Board of Directors of the Hayti Heritage Center
• Chairman, Lyon Park Advisory Board
• Former member of the Foreign Trade Zone Board in RTP, N.C.
• President of the St. Regis Homeowners Association, North Topsail Beach, N.C.
• Chairman, Durham County Democratic Party