Mark A. Davis | |
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Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court | |
In office April 8, 2019 –December 31, 2020 | |
Appointed by | Roy Cooper |
Preceded by | Cheri Beasley |
Succeeded by | Tamara Barringer |
Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals | |
In office January 1,2013 –March 11,2019 | |
Appointed by | Bev Perdue |
Preceded by | Cheri Beasley |
Succeeded by | Reuben Young |
Personal details | |
Born | Mark Allen Davis October 25,1966 Jacksonville,North Carolina,U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA,JD) Duke University School of Law (LLM) |
Mark Allen Davis (born October 25,1966) [1] is an American attorney and jurist. He has served as an associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (2019-2020) and previously as a Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Davis currently serves as Special Superior Court Judge for Complex Business Cases on the North Carolina Business Court. [2]
Following receipt of his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,Davis earned his J.D. degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law where he was a member of the North Carolina Law Review. [3] He served as a law clerk for U.S. District Judge Franklin Dupree in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. [4] From 2006 until 2011,Davis was a special deputy attorney general. He also spent 13 years in private practice. [5]
Davis was appointed by Governor Bev Perdue to serve as a Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals,taking office in January 2013. He was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by Judge Cheri Beasley's appointment to the North Carolina Supreme Court. Davis served as Gov. Perdue's General Counsel for the last two years of her term in office.
On March 11,2019,Governor Roy Cooper appointed Davis to again fill a seat left vacant by Cheri Beasley. After Gov. Cooper appointed Beasley as Chief Justice,he appointed Davis to fill her seat as an associate justice of the Supreme Court. [6] In the 2020 general election,Davis lost his bid for a full term on the Supreme Court. In 2021,Governor Cooper nominated Davis for a special superior court judgeship,subject to confirmation by both houses of the state legislature. [7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tamara Barringer | 2,746,362 | 51.21% | |
Democratic | Mark Davis (incumbent) | 2,616,265 | 48.79% | |
Total votes | 5,362,627 | 100% | ||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Mark Davis (incumbent) | 1,354,647 | 58.77% | |
Nonpartisan | Paul Holcombe | 950,300 | 41.23% | |
Total votes | 2,304,947 | 100% |
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