The North Carolina Court of Appeals (in

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, N.C. Ct. App.) is the only intermediate

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in the state of

North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...

. It is composed of fifteen members who sit in rotating panels of three. The Court of Appeals was created by the

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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 The Supreme Court of the State of North Carolina is the state of North Carolina's highest appellate court. Until the creation of the North Carolina Court of Appeals in the 1960s, it was the state's only appellate court. The Supreme Court consists ...

." Judges serve eight-year terms and are elected in statewide elections. The General Assembly made Court of Appeals elections non-partisan starting with the 2004 elections, but later made them partisan again after the 2016 elections.

Current judges

There are currently 11 Republicans and 4 Democrats. Notes:

Former judges

A partial list of former judges is listed below:,
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Lucy Inman Lucy Noble Inman is a judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals and formerly served as a special North Carolina Superior Court judge. She won election to the appellate court in a North Carolina judicial elections, 2014, statewide race on Novem ...

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* Christopher Brook * Wanda Bryant * Linda McGee * Reuben Young * Mark A. Davis * Ann Marie Calabria * Rick Elmore *

Douglas McCullough J. Douglas McCullough is an American lawyer and former judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals. McCullough retired in 2017. Education and career After earning a history degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1967 and ...

Linda Stephens Linda Stephens is an American lawyer who formerly served as an associate judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals. She was first appointed to the Court of Appeals by Gov. Mike Easley (D-NC) in January 2006 and lost her seat in the general ele ...

* Wendy Enochs *

Martha A. Geer Martha A. Geer is an American attorney and jurist who served as a judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Geer was born in Grinnell, Iowa and spent most of her childhood in Virginia, where her parents were teachers. Geer attended Bryn Mawr C ...

Sanford L. Steelman Jr. Sanford L. Steelman Jr. (born September 11, 1951) is an American judge, who served on the North Carolina Court of Appeals from January 2003 until his retirement in June 2015. Steelman attended Davidson College, graduating with a degree in politi ...

* Lisa Bell * Sam Ervin, IV * Robert C. Hunter *

Robert N. Hunter Jr. Robert Neal "Bob" Hunter, Jr. (born March 30, 1947) is a North Carolina lawyer and retired jurist formerly serving on the North Carolina Court of Appeals and on the North Carolina Supreme Court. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at ...

* John C. Martin *

Cressie Thigpen Cressie H. Thigpen, Jr. is a North Carolina lawyer and jurist who served on the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Early life and education Thigpen was born August 12, 1946. He received his bachelor's degree in business administration from North ...

* Cheri Beasley *

Barbara Jackson Barbara Jackson (born December 25, 1961) is an American attorney and jurist who was elected in 2010 to an eight-year term on the North Carolina Supreme Court. Jackson moved to Wake County at the age of 3 and graduated Athens Drive High School in ...

* James A. Wynn Jr. * Eric L. Levinson * Hugh Brown Campbell Jr. *

Robin E. Hudson Robin Elizabeth Hudson (born February 20, 1952) is an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Early life and education Born in DeKalb County, Georgia, after studying philosophy and psychology at Ya ...

Patricia Timmons-Goodson Patricia Ann "Pat" Timmons-Goodson (born September 18, 1954) is an American judge and politician who served on the North Carolina Supreme Court from 2006 to 2012. She previously served on the United States Commission on Civil Rights and is a form ...

Loretta Copeland Biggs Loretta Yvonne Copeland Biggs (born March 6, 1954) is a United States District Court Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. Biography Biggs was born on March 6, 1954, in Atlanta, Georgia. She graduat ...

* Robert H. Edmunds Jr. *

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Sarah Parker Sarah Parker (born August 23, 1942) is an American judge who served as the chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from February 2006 until August 2014. Education and career Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Parker attended Meredith ...

* Alan Z. Thornburg * Robert F. Orr * John Webb * Jack L. Cozort *

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* Ralph A. Walker *

Sidney S. Eagles Jr. Sidney S. "Sid" Eagles Jr. served as a judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals from 1983 until January 2004. At the time of his retirement, Eagles was serving as Chief Judge of that court. Before his judicial service, Eagles worked as counse ...

Joe John Joseph Robert John Sr. (born October 13, 1939) is a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, having served since 2017. He is a former judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals. He served on that court from 1992 until 2000. Prev ...

* S. Gerald Arnold * Donald L. Smith *

Allyson Kay Duncan Allyson Kay Duncan (born September 5, 1951, in Durham, North Carolina) is a former United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. She was the Fourth Circuit's first female African American judge. Backgro ...

Burley Mitchell Burley Bayard Mitchell Jr. (born December 15, 1940) is an American jurist and former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. He received his bachelor's degree from North Carolina State University and his J.D. degree from the Universit ...

* Clifton E. Johnson * Willis Whichard *

Charles Becton Charles L. Becton is an attorney, former judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, and former president of the North Carolina Bar Association (the first African-American male to hold that post). In 2012-2013, he was the interim chancellor of N ...

Richard Erwin Richard Cannon Erwin (August 23, 1923 – November 7, 2006) was a United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina and politician who was the first African Am ...

* Robert M. Martin *

Fred Hedrick Robert Alfred "Fred" Hedrick (August 23, 1922 - July 18, 2009) was an American jurist who served for 24 years on the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Blinded at the age of 13, Hedrick graduated from the Governor Morehead School for the blind in ...

James M. Baley Jr. James M. Baley Jr. (1912–2003) was an American lawyer and judge. A Republican, he served in the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing Madison County, in the General Assemblies of 1937-38 and 1939-40. He served as United States ...

* Walter E. Brock * David M. Britt * James C. Farthing * Naomi E. Morris * Raymond B. Mallard * Hugh B. Campbell * Francis M. Parker * Earl W. Vaughn

References

External links

Official site
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Current judges

Former judges

See also

References

External links