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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 counsel to the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives and as a special deputy Attorney General.
A graduate of Wake Forest University and the Wake Forest University School of Law, Judge Eagles has served as a member of the Board of Visitors for the Wake Forest University School of Law and as Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of Barton College. He is a retired Colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, where he was awarded the Legion of Merit upon his retirement.[ citation needed ]
Isaac Beverly Lake Jr. was an American jurist and politician, who served as chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Robert Holt Edmunds Jr. is an American lawyer, formerly an associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
C. Daniel Barrett is an attorney, legal author, and North Carolina political figure.
John Hosea Kerr was an American jurist and politician who served 15 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1923 to 1953.
John Charles Martin is an American attorney, who retired as a Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals on August 1, 2014.
Edwin Yates Webb was a Democratic United States Representative from North Carolina and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.
Isaac Beverly Lake Sr. (1906–1996), was an American jurist, law professor at Wake Forest University and Campbell University, and politician. He was born in Wake Forest, North Carolina.
Emory Marlin Sneeden was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Rhoda Bryan Billings is an American lawyer and a former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Pasco Middleton Bowman II is an American attorney and jurist serving as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Robert Neal "Bob" Hunter, Jr. is a North Carolina lawyer and retired jurist formerly serving on the North Carolina Court of Appeals and on the North Carolina Supreme Court.
William Earl Britt is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
John Davis Larkins Jr. was an American politician and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
Norwood Carlton Tilley Jr. is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.
For the 19th-century baseball player, see Frank Whitney (baseball).
Wake Forest University School of Law is the law school of Wake Forest University, a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Established in 1894, Wake Forest University School of Law is an American Bar Association (ABA) accredited law school and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). The current dean is Andrew R. Klein.
Richard Donald Dietz is a judge on the North Carolina Supreme Court, having been elected in 2022. He previously served on the North Carolina Court of Appeals after being appointed by Governor Pat McCrory to fill the vacant seat created by the elevation of Robert N. Hunter, Jr. to the North Carolina Supreme Court.
One justice of the seven-member North Carolina Supreme Court and five judges of the 15-member North Carolina Court of Appeals were elected by North Carolina voters on November 8, 2016, concurrently with other state elections. Terms for seats on each court are eight years.
Lycurgus Rayner Varser was an associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, serving for nine months in 1925.
Abraham Penn Jones is a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives who has represented the 38th district since 2021.