"Billy Joe" Morgan received his undergraduate degree from Davidson College and was awarded his law degree from the Law School of the University of North Carolina. He has been active for many years in the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers and has served as Vice-President and member of its Board of Governors. He is also active in the North Carolina Bar Association. He was a founder of the Jacksonville Area Soccer Association and served as President of the youth soccer organization from 1975 to 1999. In 1988 he was named Community Man of the Year for Jacksonville and Onslow County. He has been listed in the personal injury litigation section of The Best Lawyers in America since 2002. In 1997, he was named as one of the first members of the North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame. He is a past chairman of the Jacksonville Sports Authority and a past member of the Board of North Carolina Amateur Sports. He has been a speaker at various legal seminars in North Carolina and throughout the southeastern United States. Mr. Morgan's practice is concentrated primarily in the areas of medical malpractice, personal injury, wrongful death, commercial litigation and in the representation of persons charged with serious criminal offenses.
