Thomas R. Cannon, Esq.

Special Counsel

Area of Practice
Family Law

Profile
Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Certified Arbitrator)
Board Certified Specialist in Family Law, North Carolina State Bar, Board of Legal Specialization
The Best Lawyers in America, Family Law, every year 1995 – 2008 and 2011

Tom Cannon is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the practice of family law.

For more than 25 years Mr. Cannon has lectured at continuing legal education seminars sponsored by various providers, including the North Carolina Bar Association, the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, and the Mecklenburg County Bar Association. He has been a lecturer at the Bar Association’s Practical Skills Course for new lawyers each year since 1977, and at its Basics of Family Law Course since 1984.

Mr. Cannon served in the United States Naval Reserve for 20 years, the first six as an intelligence officer, and thereafter in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps.

His practice extends beyond Mecklenburg County, particularly to the contiguous counties of Union, Cabarrus, Lincoln, Gaston and Iredell. He has tried cases in more than 30 counties throughout North Carolina and has appeared before the North Carolina Court of Appeals and the North Carolina Supreme Court in more than 40 cases.

From 1995-2011 Tom Cannon was honored by Best Lawyers in America. Mr. Cannon has been identified by Law & Politics Magazine as a North Carolina “Super Lawyer” for Family Law (2006-2011).

Education
L.L.B., University of North Carolina, 1965
B.A., European History, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1962, Morehead Scholar

Bar Admission
North Carolina, 1965

Professional Affiliations
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Mecklenburg County Bar
North Carolina Bar Association
American Bar Association

Practicing: Family Law