Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p J. Phil Carlton is an attorney who currently serves as chief executive officer of State Capital Group, a network of law firms. According to the group's website, "he and 17 former state governors formed the organization in 1989 when he was a partner at North Carolina member firm Poyner & Spruill LLP. He was elected as State Capital Group's first chairman in 1989 and served in that capacity until 1993, when he became CEO."Carlton was born in 1938 in Pinetops, North Carolina. He attended South Edgecombe High School where he served as student body president. Carlton received his bachelor's degree from North Carolina State College in 1960 and his J.D. from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1963. The son of a successful tobacco farmer, Carlton negotiated on the industry's behalf in the run-up to the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement in the 1990s.Carlton was elected a District Court Judge for the Seventh Judicial District in North Carolina in 1968. In 1977, Gov. Jim Hunt appointed Carlton as the first Secretary for the North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety. He returned to the bench in 1979, serving as a judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals and then as an Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Carlton resigned from the Court in 1983 and was replaced by Henry Frye.Carlton is the former chairman for the Board of Trustees at North Carolina Wesleyan College.. }
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- J._Phil_Carlton abstract "J. Phil Carlton is an attorney who currently serves as chief executive officer of State Capital Group, a network of law firms. According to the group's website, "he and 17 former state governors formed the organization in 1989 when he was a partner at North Carolina member firm Poyner & Spruill LLP. He was elected as State Capital Group's first chairman in 1989 and served in that capacity until 1993, when he became CEO."Carlton was born in 1938 in Pinetops, North Carolina. He attended South Edgecombe High School where he served as student body president. Carlton received his bachelor's degree from North Carolina State College in 1960 and his J.D. from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1963. The son of a successful tobacco farmer, Carlton negotiated on the industry's behalf in the run-up to the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement in the 1990s.Carlton was elected a District Court Judge for the Seventh Judicial District in North Carolina in 1968. In 1977, Gov. Jim Hunt appointed Carlton as the first Secretary for the North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety. He returned to the bench in 1979, serving as a judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals and then as an Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Carlton resigned from the Court in 1983 and was replaced by Henry Frye.Carlton is the former chairman for the Board of Trustees at North Carolina Wesleyan College.".