Sanford L. Steelman Jr. (born September 11, 1951) is an American judge, who served on the
North Carolina Court of Appeals
The North Carolina Court of Appeals (in case citation, N.C. Ct. App.) 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. The Court of Appeals was created ...
from January 2003 until his retirement in June 2015.
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Steelman attended Davidson College
Davidson College is a private liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina. It was established in 1837 by the Concord Presbytery and named after Revolutionary War general William Lee Davidson, who was killed at the nearby Battle of Cowan†...
, graduating with a degree in political science in 1973 and having spent a year abroad at the University of East Anglia
The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...
. He then completed his Juris Doctor
The Juris Doctor (J.D. or JD), also known as Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D., JD, D.Jur., or DJur), is a graduate-entry professional degree in law
and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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in 1976. He worked in private practice in Monroe, North Carolina
Monroe is a city in and the county seat of Union County, North Carolina, United States. The population increased from 32,797 in 2010 to 34,551 in 2020. It is within the rapidly growing Charlotte metropolitan area. Monroe has a council-manager f ...
until 1994, when he became a North Carolina Superior Court The Superior Court is North Carolina's general jurisdiction trial court. It was established in 1777 and is North Carolina's oldest court.
Jurisdiction and administration
The Superior Court is the trial court of general jurisdiction in North Caroli ...
judge. In 2002
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, Steelman was elected to an eight-year term on the North Carolina Court of Appeals as a Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, and in 2010
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, he was re-elected without opposition.
He is married and has three sons.
Notes
External links
Official biography
Judgepedia entry
1951 births
Living people
Davidson College alumni
University of North Carolina School of Law alumni
Alumni of the University of East Anglia
North Carolina Court of Appeals judges
People from Monroe, North Carolina
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