David Paul Ennis

Mr. Ennis, the founding partner of Ennis Law Firm , is devoting the majority of his practice to family and elder law , estate planning , Medicaid planning, business, construction, and corporate law. He is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) and is a certified arbitrator for the Better Business Bureau. He is also involved in a number of legal organizations including: Delta Theta Phi, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, North Carolina Bar Association, American Bar Association, and the American Society of International Law. 

Mr. Ennis received his A.A.S. in Psychology (with honors) from Ricks College, his B.A. in Philosophy from Brigham Young University and his J.D. from Campbell University School of Law, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Campbell Law Observer. Reference to his 2005 Campbell Law Review article Preemption, Assassination, and the War on Terrorism was made before a national television audience. Mr. Ennis was inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa Society (International Scholastic Order) in 1997 and was installed as Vice Dean of the Delta Theta Phi Legal Fraternity in 2003. He is also listed in Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. 

While in law school, Mr. Ennis participated in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition Vienna, Austria. In the competition, 136 institutions competed from 42 different countries. Mr. Ennis received an honorable mention in the best memorandum for claimant, which placed him in the top 10 percent of all the institutions represented—beating out teams from Harvard and Stanford. In the oral hearings, Mr. Ennis competed with the University of Pristina (Kosovo), Bucerius Law School (Germany), the University of Lapland (Finland), and Ghent University (Belgium). Mr. Ennis also competed in the William E. McGee National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition where he was a semi-finalist. He has been inducted into the Order of Barrister after exhibiting excellence and high honors through the art of advocacy.

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