PhyllisA lifelong resident of Davidson County, Phyllis has practiced law since 1975. She received her undergraduate degree from High Point University, and earned an M.A.Ed and a Juris Doctor degree from Wake Forest University in 1971 and 1975 respectively. Practicing primarily family law and municipal law for the majority of her legal career, she has served as City Attorney for the City of Lexington for over thirty years and continues in that position. She is rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell law directory.

Phyllis is a member of the American Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association, North Carolina State Bar, the 22B Judicial Bar and the Davidson County Bar. She is licensed to practice in all state and local courts, United States District Courts for the Middle District of North Carolina, United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court.

Phyllis has served on many Boards and is a member of many Associations, most notably the following:

  • ● Chairman, Board of the Davidson County Community College
  • ● Chairman, Board of Lexington Memorial Hospital
  • (now Wake Forest Baptist Health - Lexington Memorial Hospital)
  • ● Member, Board of First Union Banks (now Wells Fargo)
  • ● Member, Lexington Area Chamber of Commerce and a recipient of the Athena Award in 1995
  • ● Member, Board of Domestic Violence Services
  • ● Member, Edward C. Smith Civic Center Board
  • ● Member, and Board Member of the Municipal Attorney Association

    • Phyllis is active in the community participating in the Sorosis Book Club, an associate member of the Charity League and is a member of the First Baptist Church where she has served as Chairman of the Board of Deacons, Member and Chair of the Finance Committee, Sunday School Teacher, and Chair of the Nominating Committee.

    She is married to District Court Judge J. Rodwell Penry, Jr. and is the mother of two adult children and grandmother to one precious granddaughter (so far).

    Contact Attorney Phyllis S. Penry directly at ppenry@penryandmitchell.com.