H. Morrison “Morry” Johnston

I have had the enormous benefit of knowing clients personally and professionally because the large majority of our clients have been with us for many years. Trusted relationships mature over time and we work hard to ensure that the transfer of trust occurs with every member of our team and within each new generation at the client organization. I have worked with five generations of one family. This is an extreme example, but it is the rule rather than the exception at Johnston Allison Hord.

Morry Johnston plays an important role in the corporate legal landscape in the greater Charlotte area and North Carolina. He has advised some of the most recognizable and influential family-owned companies and business leaders in their mergers, acquisitions, state and federal tax planning, business transformation, growth and succession strategies for several generations. Representing both buyers and sellers in numerous industries, Morry is a dealmaker – he ensures that his client is properly represented throughout any deal and during all life-events of the company. He determines what needs to be done and gets it done – expediting the closing for the maximum benefit of his client. Morry and his team avoid extraneous work and know how to quickly settle disputes that inevitably rise in multi-generational companies. As a senior advisor to other lawyers in the firm, Morry is the standard bearer for building efficient teams that effectively and genuinely serve firm clients. He insists that firm attorneys tour clients’ facilities and understand the inner workings of their operations. In addition, considering the increasingly digital world, Morry advises younger lawyers to build relationships face-to-face, not simply through the more impersonal emails and texts. He says, “Find any excuse to personally get in front of a client.”