Albert S. Thomas Jr.
PARTNER
Location: Wilson, North Carolina
Phone: 252-360-1379
1-888-981-4857 (Toll Free)
Fax: 252-243-0606
Email: E-mail me
Areas of Practice
- Workers' Compensation
- Major Civil Disputes
- Appellate Law
- Mediation
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina, 1975
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina, 1978
- U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina, 1978
- U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina, 1978
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2001
Education
- University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- J.D. - 1975
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- A.B. - 1971
- Honors: Honorary Journalism Society
- Major: Journalism
Published Works
- Juvenile Court Procedures, North Carolina, Administrative Office of the Courts, 1992
- Directed and wrote script for "Alternatives", a juvenile law training film for the AOC
Classes/Seminars
- Adjunct Instructor, Wesleyan College, 1987 - 1990
- Adjunct Instructor, Barton College, 1978-1980, 2003 - Present
- Instructor, North Carolina, Judges' Certification for Juvenile Court, 1990 - 2000
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Board of Directors, Executive Board, Wilson YMCA
- Governor's Crime Commission, 1997 - 2002, 2005-2009
- Governor's Crime Commission, Executive Board, 1998 - 2000
- State Advisory Council on Juvenile Justice, 1999 - 2001
- North Carolina Supreme Court Custody Mediation Subcommittee, 1999 - 2003
- North Carolina Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission, 1999 - 2001
- Conference of District Court Judges' Juvenile Justice Committee, Chairperson, 1996 - 2000
- Governor's Juvenile Code Revision Committee, 1977 - 1979
- Guardian Ad Litem Advisory Committee, 1994 - 2000
- Governor's Commission on Juvenile Crime and Justice, Code Advisory Committee, 1997 - 1998
- Y.O.U.T.H. of Wilson, Founding Board
- Wilson Families in Action, Founding Board
- Wilson County Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors, 1988 - 1991
- Wilson County Chamber of Commerce, Executive Committee, 1989 - 1991
- St. Therese Parish Advisory Council, Member, 1986 - 1988
- Wilson County 4-H and Youth Advisory Board, 1979 - 1980
- Wilson 2000 Board, 1987 - 1988
- Wilson Police Project Turnaround Board, 1996 - 1997
- Wilson Criminal Justice Partnership Advisory Board, 1995 - 2001
- Nash Community College Criminal Justice Curriculum Review Committee, 1998 - 2000
- Wilson County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council, 1991 - 2001
Past Employment Positions
- North Carolina Court of Appeals, Judge, 2001 - 2002
- Seventh Judicial District, Chief District Judge, 1996 - 2001
- State of North Carolina, District Judge, 1980 - 1996
- Thomas Law, Attorney, 1975 - 1980
- United Press International, correspondent, 1969 - 1970
- Wilmington Star newspaper, columnist and correspondent 1969-1984