Cooper General Counsel McKinney Heads to SC Private Practice
“North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s legal adviser within state government for several years has returned to a private law practice. The law firm of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd in Greenville, South Carolina, announced on Monday that William McKinney is back with the business. McKinney was general counsel,” reports El Paso Inc. in their blog.
“Since Cooper took his gubernatorial oath in January 2017. And McKinney was special counsel to Cooper for roughly two years during Cooper’s last term as attorney general. His government career with Cooper goes back to the 2000s. As general counsel, McKinney led attorneys who offered legal strategies as Cooper issued executive orders.”