North Carolina Court of Appeals
The North Carolina Court of Appeals is the only intermediate appellate court in the state of North Carolina. It is composed of fifteen members who sit in rotating panels of three.[1] Judges serve eight-year terms and are elected in statewide non-partisan elections.
The Court of Appeals was created by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1967 after voters approved a constitutional amendment in 1965 which "authorized the creation of an intermediate court of appeals to relieve pressure on the North Carolina Supreme Court."[2]
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 Seal of the North Carolina Court of Appeals |
Court of Appeals Building
Current judges
| Name | Born | Joined | Term Ends[3] | Mandatory Retirement[4] | Law School Attended |
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| Linda M. McGee, Chief Judge | 1949 | 1995 | 2020 | Sept. 20, 2021 | University of North Carolina School of Law |
| Wanda G. Bryant | 1956 | 2001-02, 2005 | 2020 | June 26, 2028 | North Carolina Central School of Law |
| Ann Marie Calabria | 1947 | 2003 | 2018 | Oct. 31, 2019 | Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law |
| Mark A. Davis | 1966 | 2013 | 2022 | 2038 | University of North Carolina School of Law |
| Richard Dietz[5] | 1977[6] | 2014 | 2016 | Feb. 1, 2049 | Wake Forest University School of Law |
| Chris Dillon | 1965 | 2013 | 2020 | April 20, 2037 | University of North Carolina School of Law |
| Rick Elmore | est. 1952 | 2003 | 2018 | est. 2024 | North Carolina Central School of Law |
| Robert N. Hunter, Jr. | 1947 | 2009-14, 2015[7] | 2016 | March 30, 2019 | University of North Carolina School of Law |
| Lucy Inman | est. 1962 | 2015 | 2022 | est. 2034 | University of North Carolina School of Law |
| Douglas McCullough | 1945 | 2001-08, 2011 | 2018 | May 28, 2017 | University of South Carolina School of Law |
| Linda Stephens | 1950 | 2006 | 2016 | Nov. 13, 2022 | University of North Carolina School of Law |
| Donna Stroud | 1964 | 2007 | 2022 | June 28, 2036 | Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law |
| John M. Tyson | 1953 | 2001-09, 2015 | 2022 | July 14, 2025 | Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law |
| Valerie Zachary | 1962[8] | 2015 | 2016 | 2034 | Harvard Law School |
| Wendy Enochs[9] | 2016 | 2016 | Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law |
Former judges
A complete list of former judges can be found at a site maintained by the N.C. Supreme Court Historical Society.
- Martha A. Geer
- Sanford L. Steelman, Jr.
- Lisa Bell
- Sam Ervin, IV
- Robert C. Hunter
- John C. Martin
- Cressie Thigpen
- Cheri Beasley
- Barbara Jackson
- James A. Wynn, Jr.
- John M. Tyson
- John S. Arrowood
- Eric L. Levinson
- Hugh Brown Campbell, Jr.
- Robin E. Hudson
- Patricia Timmons-Goodson
- Loretta Copeland Biggs
- Robert H. Edmunds, Jr.
- Mark Martin
- Sarah Parker
- Alan Z. Thornburg
- Robert F. Orr
- John Webb
- Jack L. Cozort
- John B. Lewis, Jr.
- Ralph A. Walker
- Sidney S. Eagles, Jr.
- Joe John
- S. Gerald Arnold
- Donald L. Smith
- Allyson Kay Duncan
- Burley Mitchell
- Clifton E. Johnson
- Willis Whichard
- Charles Becton
- Richard Erwin
- Robert M. Martin
- Fred Hedrick
- James M. Baley, Jr.
- Walter E. Brock
- David M. Britt
- James C. Farthing
- Naomi E. Morris
- Raymond B. Mallard
- Hugh B. Campbell
- Francis M. Parker
- Earl W. Vaughn
See also
References
- ↑ "GS_7A-16". www.ncleg.net. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
- ↑ Court of Appeals Celebrates 40th Anniversary. NC Bar Association site.
- ↑ Term ends December 31 of the year listed here.
- ↑ North Carolina judges must retire on the last day of the month in which they turn age 72 if they are still in office (see also http://judgepedia.org/Mandatory_Retirement).
- ↑ Triangle Business Journal
- ↑ Associated Press
- ↑ Governor McCrory Announces Judicial Appointments
- ↑ https://appellate.nccourts.org/Bios/index.php?c=2&Name=Zachary
- ↑ Governor McCrory announces judicial appointment
External links
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Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming do not have intermediate appellate courts. | ||
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