Phillip R. Dixon, Sr.
Attorney at Law
Phillip R. Dixon is a native of Wake Forest, North Carolina, attended Broughton High School, and graduated from Enloe High School in Raleigh, NC. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.) from East Carolina University and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law. He worked at the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office, the State Bureau of Investigation, and was a Law. Clerk and Research Assistant to the Honorable Naomi Morris Judge (later Chief Judge) of the North Carolina Court of Appeals. He served as School Board Attorney for either the Greenville City or the Pitt County Schools for more than thirty (30) years, and for the Washington County Schools for more than eighteen (18) years, and has done work for twenty-two (22) other school systems. He. represents Martin Community College and has represented Pitt Community College, The College of the Albemarle, Carteret Community College, Bladen Community College, and Halifax Community College, and the NC Association of Community College Trustees. He is the Past Chair of the North Carolina Council of School Attorneys, and the Past Chair of the Education Law Section of the _North Carolina Bar Association. Dixon previously served as both a Local Due Process Hearing Officer and a State Review Hearing Officer for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction in cases involving children with disabilities. Dixon now serves as a Hearing Officer for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services in cases involving children with disabilities from birth through three (3) years of age and is one of eight (8) Hearing Officers designated by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to hear appeals involving the denial of tenure or dismissal of a tenured public school teacher.
Dixon is a Mediator and an Arbitrator. Dixon has previously served as Chair of the Board of Trustees of both East Carolina University and Pitt Community College. He represents numerous public bodies, including Greenville Utilities Commission of the City of Greenville, NC, the Town of Ayden, NC, the Pitt County and Currituck County ABC Boards, and The Roanoke Island Historical Association (“The Lost Colony”), and Carolina Donor Services (formerly Carolina Organ Procurement Agency), which works in conjunction with Duke University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wake Forest University, (Bowman-Gray), and the East Carolina University Schools of Medicine, to provide organ and transplant services to seventy-nine (79) of one hundred (100) counties in North Carolina. Dixon previously served as General Counsel to the Carolina East Behavioral Health Care Consortium, which consisted of ten (10) mental health centers serving twenty-nine (29) counties in North Carolina. He is an AV-rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating available to an attorney in private practice, and is listed in The Bar Register of Pre-eminent Lawyers. His private law practice includes corporate and business law, contract, construction, and utility law. He has published numerous articles on various legal topics and has lectured at the School of Government and with the North Carolina Bar Association, the North Carolina Council of School Attorneys, and the North Carolina Association of Community College Trustees. He previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of North Carolina Citizens for Business & Industry and is former Chair of the North Carolina Center for Public Policy & Research. He is a former member of the Board of Governors of the North Carolina Bar Association, and former Chair of its Endowment Committee. Dixon’s recognitions include the I. Beverly Lake Public Service Award and the Citizen Lawyer Award (Inaugural Class) from the North Carolina Bar Association, Citizen of the Year, and Volunteer of the Year by the Greenville-Pitt County Chamber of Commerce and Outstanding Alumnus, East Carolina University. He has also received Distinguished Service Awards from the East Carolina University Alumni Association, the Greenville Jaycees, Pitt Community College, the Boy Scouts of America, and the Education Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association. He previously served on the School of Government Foundation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is former Chair of the Eastern Regional Council of the Friends of the Institute of Government at UNC, and is a former member of the Distinguished Advisory Council of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. Dixon formerly served as a member of the UNC Board of Governors and as a member of the Board of the UNC Center for International Understanding. Dixon currently serves on the East Carolina University Board of Visitors and Vidant Medical Center Board of Trustees. He has traveled extensively in Russia, China, and Ireland.
Education
J.D. - University of North Carolina School of Law
B.S.BA. - East Carolina University
Business Administration
List of Accomplishments
I. Beverly Lake Public Service Award, Nc Bar Association
Former Member, UNG Board of Governors (8 years)
Citizen Lawyer, NC Bar Association (Inaugural Class)
Citizen of the Year, Greenville-Pitt County Chamber of Commerce
Distinguished Service Award, Greenville Jaycees
Distinguished Service Award, Pitt Community College
Distinguished Service Award, East Carolina University Alumni Association; Inc.
Distinguished Service Award, Boy Scouts of America
Distinguished Service Award, Education Law Section, North Carolina Bar Association
Outstanding Alumnus, East Carolina University
Volunteer of the Year, Pitt-Greenville Chamber of Commerce
Chair, Board of Directors, North Carolina Center for Public Policy and Research
Hearing Officer, NC Dept. of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health, Women's and Children's Health Section, Early Intervention Branch (children birth through age three (3))
Hearing Officer, NC Dept. of Public Instruction in cases involving denials of tenure and dismissal of public school teachers with tenure
Local Due Process Hearing Officer and State Hearing Review Officer, North Carolina Department of
Public Instruction
President, East Carolina University Alumni Association
President, East Carolina University Educational Foundation, Inc. (Pirate Club)
· Chair, Greenville-Pitt County Chamber of Commerce
Chair, North Carolina Council of School Attorneys
· Chair, Education Law Section, North Carolina Bar Association
President, Greenville Museum of Art, Inc.
Chair, Pitt County Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Developmental Disabilities Area Board
Board of Directors, North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry
Outstanding Educator, East Carolina University School of Education (now College of Education)
Campaign Chair, United Way of Pitt County
Member, School of Government Foundation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Member, Distinguished Advisory Council, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
Chair, Board of Trustees, Pitt Community College
Chair, Board of Trustees, East Carolina University
Chair, Endowment Committee, North Carolina Bar Association Foundation
President, Greenville Noon Rotary Club
Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary International
Chair, Practical Training Committee, North Carolina Bar Association
Board of Directors, RSC Ce_ntura Bank (Greenville)
Board of Directors, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (Greenville Area Board)
Research Assistant and Law Clerk, Honorable Naomi E. Morris, Judge, later Chief Judge,
North Carolina Court of Appeals
Intern, North Carolina Attorney General's Office
State Government Intern, Institute of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Intern, State Bureau of Investigation and Police Information Network
Professional Advisory Council, ECU College of Education
East Carolina University Soard of Visitors
Board of Trustees, Vidant Medical Center
Board of Directors, UNG Center for International Understanding
Chair, Chancellor Selection Committee, East Carolina University