For a time McKissick owned a convenience store in Warren County,North Carolina. On December 27,1985 two armed men robbed the store. After taking cash from the register,they shot McKissick in the left arm with a shotgun,nearly detaching it from his body. The two men were later arrested and incarcerated. McKissick's arm healed,though it lost some of its mobility.[9]
He authored an article for the Construction Law Advisor on When An Owner Can Terminate a Construction Contract Due to Delay (1984).[citation needed]
McKissick was disciplined by the N.C. State Bar for professional misconduct involving a conflict of interest. The bar found that McKissick improperly represented both sides in a 2000 dispute involving the estate decisions of an elderly Durham man.[10]
In 1995,McKissick's former wife said he physically abused her,and in 2001 a former employee of his law firm said he hit her with a telephone. He was acquitted in both cases.[10]
In 1999,McKissick unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Durham.
Appointment to Senate
At the time of his selection by the Durham Democratic Party to fill the vacancy (due to the death of Jeanne Lucas from breast cancer) in District 20 in the state senate,McKissick was the chairman of the Durham CountyDemocratic Party,which raised questions of a conflict of interest in the selection process.[11]
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