Experienced Guidance, Unwavering Integrity
John Covington Overfield
Practice Areas
- Real Estate Law
- Business Law
- Estate Planning
Education
- Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston Salem, North Carolina
- J.D. - 1995
- Honors: Member, Moot Court Board, 1993-1995
- Honors: Recipient, Moot Court Board Award, 1995
- Honors: Chairperson, Edwin M. Stanley Moot Court Competition
- Vanderbilt University
- B.A. - 1991
- Honors: cum laude
- Vanderbilt University
- M.B.A. - 1992
- Honors: Beta Gamma Sigma
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina, 1995
- U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina, 1995
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina, 1996
- U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina, 1996
Pro-Bono Activities
- Triad Business and Professional Guild, President
- Triad Equality Alliance, Founding Board Member
- College Park Neighborhood Association, President
- North Carolina GALA, Board Member
- NC Institute for Equal Rights, Board Member
- United Arts Council Grant Allocation Committee, Member
- Eastern Music Festival, Board of Directors
- Earlier.org, Board Member
- St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Senior Warden
- Starmount Forest Country Club, House Committee and Finance Committee, Member
- Piedmont Mortgage Lenders Association, Board Member
Published Works
- Editor in Chief, Wake Forest Jurist, Wake Forest University
Professional Associations
- Greensboro Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section, President
- North Carolina Bar Association, Answering the Call Committee, Chairperson
- North Carolina Bar Association, Pre Law Counseling Committee, Chairperson
- North Carolina Bar Association, Real Property Council, Board Member
Current Employment Position
- Attorney
Honors
- 40 Leaders Under Forty, Triad Business Journal
- Rising Star, North Carolina Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers Business Edition
- Business Lawyers North Carolina Legal Elite