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Joe Hackney's Biography

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Full Name:

Joe Hackney

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Betsy; 2 Children: Dan, Will

Birth Date:

09/23/1945

Home City:

Chapel Hill, NC

Attended, North Carolina State University

JD, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Law School, 1970

AB, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, 1967

Member, Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, 1992-2012

Minority Leader, North Carolina State House, 2011-2012

Representative, North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1980-2012

Speaker, North Carolina State House, 2006-2010

Majority Leader, North Carolina State House, 2005-2006

Delegate, National Democratic Convention, 2004

Democratic Leader, North Carolina State House, 2003-2004

Speaker Pro Tempore, North Carolina State House, 1999-2002

Campaign Manager, Ike Andrews Congressional Primary Campaign, 1974

Member, Executive Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2001-present

Former Chair, Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Southern Legislative Conference

Member, National Caucus of Environmental Legislators

Chair, Environment Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2000-2001

Vice-Chair, Assembly on Federal Issues, National Conference of State Legislatures, 1998-1999

Partner, Epting and Hackney Law Firm, 1974-present

Experience, Beef Cattle Farmer

Assistant District Attorney, Orange and Chatham Counties, 1971-1974

Research Assistant/Law Clerk, Associate Justice Frank Huskins, 1970-1971

President, National Conference of State Legislators, 2007-present

Former President, Orange County Bar Association

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