Allegra Collins

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Allegra Collins
Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 1, 2019

Allegra Collins (born January 13, 1972) is an American attorney, educator and judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals.

Collins attended the University of California at Los Angeles before transferring and earning an undergraduate degree from the College of William & Mary in 1994. [2] She represented the United States in the Pan American Games on the United States women's national handball team. She earned her Juris Doctor degree from the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University in 2006. She worked as a law clerk to Judge Linda Stephens of the North Carolina Court of Appeals from 2007 to 2010, as an appellate reporter for the North Carolina Supreme Court from 2011 to 2014, and in private practice from 2015 to 2018. She also taught law at the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law. [3] In 2023, Judge Collins received her LLM in Judicial Studies from Duke Law School. [4]

In 2018, Collins was narrowly elected as a Democrat to an eight-year term on the North Carolina Court of Appeals (expiring 2026). [5] She took office in January 2019.

She is married to Wake County Superior Court Judge Bryan Collins. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/under-the-dome/article152889449.html
  2. 1 2 Blythe, Anne (May 26, 2017). "Allegra Collins to run for appeals court – 'Because of the law I have to run as a Democrat'". News & Observer.
  3. ↑ Barrett, Mark (October 22, 2018). "NC Court of Appeals: Kitchen, Monaco, Collins run for Seat 3". The Citizen-Times.
  4. ↑ https://judicialstudies.duke.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021-MJS-Bios-Photos_6.28.pdf
  5. ↑ State Board of Elections


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