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Ernest L. Conner Jr.
About Ernest
Biography
Married for more than 30 years, and the father of two daughters, I served in the Army for seven years before receiving my undergraduate degree from the East Carolina University, with honors, and my J.D. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1987.
In the US Army, I was honored to receive the 1978 Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year Award for United States Army Support Command Hawaii. At East Carolina University, I received the University Outstanding Senior Award in 1984. I was also the 2007 recipient of the J. Kirk Osborn Award for excellence in service and mentoring through encouragement and example on behalf of indigent men and women charged with crimes. I am a board member of the Center for Death Penalty Litigation and Chair the Fair Trial Initiative. I formerly served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Pitt County Family Violence Center; and Chaired the Criminal Justice Section of the North Carolina Bar Association. I was honored the receive the Pitt County Legal Secretaries’ Boss of the Year award in 1993; the Outstanding Project Chair, for the University City Kiwanis in 1992; and the Pamlico Sound Legal Services Outstanding Pro Bono Service Award in 1991.
I have more than twenty-four years of experience representing persons charged with crimes ranging from simple traffic offenses to DWI, Fraud, Breaking and Entering, Burglary, Kidnapping, Felonious Assaults, Murder and Death Penalty Trials, Appeals and Post-Conviction proceedings. I have extensive experience in the District and Superior Courts of North Carolina. I am admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Middle Districts of North Carolina, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. My daughter is an attorney in Boston. You can follow her on Twitter at: @ConnerLawTweets. My nephew is also an attorney, working in my firm. You can follow him on Twitter at: @marcus_conner.
Practice Areas
3
Practice Areas
Criminal Defense
90%
39 years | 1,000 cases
Appeals
5%
39 years | 15 cases
Personal Injury
5%
39 years | 20 cases
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Licensed in North Carolina for 38 years
State: North Carolina
Acquired: 1987
No misconduct found
Location
Graham, Nuckolls & Brown, PLLC
321 Evans Street, Suite 200, P.O. Box 7384, Greenville, NC, 27858
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Ernest L. Conner Jr.'s Lawyer Endorsements
"I endorse this lawyer."
"Buddy is an excellent attorney. Experienced, knowledgeable, and also a decent person."
"I'm happy to endorse Buddy Conner as my role model, mentor and dad. He has taught me so much: to empathize with people and see the goodness in them; to listen with an open mind; that the practice of law is not a 9-5 job; that hard work, integrity and respect wins cases. He works for his clients every day. He is the attorney I strive to be, and a model to the profession."
"Attorney Conner is the type of lawyer every client wants, and all other lawyers strive to be like. It is no coincidence that Attorney Conner has the utmost respect and admiration of clients, defense attorneys, district attorneys, clerks, and judges alike. His skill and hard work is surpassed only by his modesty and compassion. Throughout his years as a trial attorney, Attorney Conner has proven himself to be an ardent defender of his client’s rights, and a man with a passion for justice. Each and every day he is a living example of what all attorneys should be."
"Buddy has taught me more about advocating for your clients, in the time I have come to know and work with him, than I have learned from the entire sum of law school professors, fellow practitioners and legal education speakers with whom I have come in contact. Simply put, he is the best of the best in my book and I hope to continue to model his passion for excellence, borrow his ideas and call him my mentor and friend."
"I have never met anyone who enjoys their job as much as Ernest “Buddy†Conner. His passion for the legal profession is infectious upon everyone he comes in contact with. I am one of the lucky ones who gets the privilege of working with him on a daily basis, gaining some sort of knowledge or advice from each conversation. I am proud to endorse his work and even more proud to call him a mentor and friend."
"As a colleague and nephew of Buddy Conner, it is an honor to write an endorsement regarding his service and dedication to the legal profession. You will not find a harder working attorney who knows more about the criminal justices system in North Carolina as Buddy. With over 24 years of experience he has handled everything from first degree capital murder case to traffic infractions and everything in between. His devotion to his family and his friends is only matched by that of his devotion to the practice of law."
Samuel Dixon
Criminal defense lawyer
Melissa Conner
General practice lawyer
Jon Nuckolls
Family lawyer
Timothy Heinle
General practice lawyer
Robert Jenkins
Family lawyer
Experience
Honors
2019
Distinguished, Martindale-Hubbell
2018
Distinguished, Martindale-Hubbell
1986
American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law, American Jurisprudence
1984
Outstanding Senior University Award, East Carolina University Alumni Association
1984
Outstanding Senior, East Carolina University Political Sciene Department
1981
Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, US Army
1979
Non-commissioned Officer of the Year, US Army Support Command Hawaii
1979
Army Commendation Medal, US Army
1978
Meritorious Service Medal, US Army
Work Experience
2009 - Present
Partner, Graham, Nuckolls & Brown, PLLC
1987 - 2007
Partner, Dixon, Doub & Conner
1974 - 1981
Staff Sergeant, US Army
Associations
2010 - Present
North Carolina Advocates for JusticeBoard Member
2007 - Present
Fair Trial InitiativeChair
2006 - Present
Center for Death Penalty LitigationBoard Member
1997 - 1998
North Carolina Bar AssociationChair, Criminal Justice Section
1983 - 1987
Phi Kappa Phi Honor SocietyMember
Sample of Legal Cases
State v. Levon Junior Jones
Charges dismissed upon retrial
State v. Reade Seligmann
All charges dismissed
State v. Leslie A. Lincoln
Not Guilty on all counts.
State v. Dwayne Brimage
Not Guilty of all charges
State v. Michael Shea Dorsey
Not Guilty on all counts
Education
1987
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Juris Doctor
1984
East Carolina University
BA - Bachelor of Arts with High Honors
Speaking Engagements
2011
PowerPoint Lunchinar
Challenging Forensic Science Evidence
2010
2010 Spring Public Defenders' Conference
Confrontation of Lab Reports
2008
Criminal Masters in Advocacy
Leslie Lincoln's Ordeal
2008
Crimes Against Children
Cross Examination of Experts
2008
Capital College
Jury Voir Dire
Activity
Legal Answers
Legal Answers
Q&A
Does Georgia honor a Prayer for Judgement Plea from North Carolina?
18 Jul 2011
Q&A
Parole violation and dui
17 Jul 2011