Our History

After growing the firm’s litigation practice and continuing to work with regulatory, insurance and banking clients, Bailey & Dixon moves to more spacious quarters at the First Federal Building.

After receiving his law degree from UNC, Wright T. Dixon, Jr. joins the practice establishing the present-day name of our firm.

I.M. Bailey dies unexpectedly of a stroke in 1951 at age 59.

After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Law School, I.M. Bailey’s son, Ruffin Bailey, joins Bailey, Holding & Lassiter, as a law clerk at the munificent sum of $225 per month.

I.M. Bailey serves as North Carolina chairman for the U.S. Government's war bond sales campaign in the 1940s.

Bailey resigns as Corporation General Counsel to open law offices for general practice in the Raleigh Banking and Trust Company Building.

Bailey serves as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing Onslow County. The first bill he introduces is an act amending the licensing of attorneys at law, requiring at least a high school education.

I. M. Bailey begins practicing law in North Carolina at the height of World War I