Mark D. Martin is an American jurist who served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina from 2014 through 2019. He was appointed by North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory to become Chief Justice on September 1,2014 upon the retirement of Sarah Parker. Martin was already running for the seat in the 2014 general election.
Douglas Carmichael "Mike" McIntyre II is an American attorney and politician who was first elected to represent North Carolina's 7th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996. He served for 18 years from 1997 to 2015. McIntyre is a Democrat and,during his tenure in the House of Representatives,was a member of the Blue Dog Coalition.
The Supreme Court of the State of North Carolina is the state of North Carolina's highest appellate court. Until the creation of the North Carolina Court of Appeals in the 1960s,it was the state's only appellate court. The Supreme Court consists of six associate justices and one chief justice,although the number of justices has varied. The primary function of the Supreme Court is to decide questions of law that have arisen in the lower courts and before state administrative agencies.
James Andrew Wynn Jr. is an American jurist. He serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and formerly served on both the North Carolina Court of Appeals and the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Robert Carl "Bob" Hunter is an American jurist,who served as a Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals from 1998 through 2014.
John Marsh Tyson is an American jurist and government official who currently serves as a judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals. He also previously served on the court from 2001 to 2009.
Paul Martin Newby is an American judge,who was first elected to a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court in 2004. He was elected chief justice in 2020.
Woody Lombardi Durham was an American play-by-play radio announcer for the North Carolina Tar Heels football and men's basketball programs from 1971 to 2011.
Thomas Ruffin (1787–1870) was an American jurist and justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1829 to 1852 and again from 1858 to 1859. He was chief justice of that Court from 1833 to 1852.
The University of North Carolina School of Law,sometimes referred to as Carolina Law,is the law school of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Established in 1845,it is among the oldest law schools in the United States and is the oldest law school in the state of North Carolina.
Burley Bayard Mitchell Jr. is an American jurist and former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. He received his bachelor's degree from North Carolina State University and his J.D. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
James Gooden Exum Jr. also known as Jim Exum is an American jurist who served on the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1975 to 1994,and as chief justice from 1986 to 1994.
J. Rich Leonard has been the dean of the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law since July 2013. He previously served as a U.S. bankruptcy judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina and was chief judge from 1998 until 2005. Leonard was also a former federal judicial nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
The North Carolina Law Review is a law journal of the University of North Carolina School of Law. It publishes six issues each year as well as its online supplement,the North Carolina Law Review Forum.
Albert Diaz is the chief United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Diaz is the first Hispanic judge to serve on the Fourth Circuit. Prior to his appointment to the Court of Appeals,Diaz was a North Carolina state superior court judge and an appellate judge for the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals.
The government of North Carolina is divided into three branches:executive,legislative,and judicial. These consist of the Council of State,the bicameral legislature,and the state court system. The Constitution of North Carolina delineates the structure and function of the state government.
Robert Christopher "Chris" Dillon is a North Carolina attorney and judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Dillon won election to the appellate court in a statewide race on Nov. 6,2012,when he defeated incumbent Cressie Thigpen. Dillon won re-election on Nov. 3,2020 over challenger Gray Styers.
Michael J. Gerhardt is the Samuel Ashe Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of North Carolina School of Law in Chapel Hill. He is also the director of the Center on Law and Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is an expert on constitutional law,separation of powers,and the legislative process. He is a Scholar in Residence at the National Constitution Center and visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. On December 2,2019,it was announced that Gerhardt would testify before the House Judiciary Committee regarding the constitutional grounds for presidential impeachment in the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump.
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.
Valerie Johnson Zachary is a North Carolina attorney who is currently a judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
