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]

North Carolina Court of Appeals

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
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
Martha A. Geer 1958 2003 2018 Nov. 24, 2030 University of North Carolina 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

Former judges

See also

References

  1. "GS_7A-16". www.ncleg.net. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  2. Court of Appeals Celebrates 40th Anniversary. NC Bar Association site.
  3. Term ends December 31 of the year listed here.
  4. 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).
  5. Triangle Business Journal
  6. Associated Press
  7. https://appellate.nccourts.org/Bios/index.php?c=2&Name=Zachary

External links

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