Gov. Bev Perdue has reappointed Raleigh lawyer Cressie Thigpen to the N.C. Court of Appeals, as expected. She first appointed Thigpen to the court last summer to fill a vacancy created when Court of Appeals Judge Jim Wynn was confirmed to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond. But Thigpen lost the seat in the fall election in a 13-candidate free-for-all race in the first statewide contest to be determined by the Instant Runoff Voting process.
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From the press release: Gov. Nathan Deal today appointed Michael Boggs to the Court of Appeals of Georgia. Boggs fills the vacancy created by the resignation of the Honorable J.D. Smith. Boggs is a Superior Court judge within the Wa... Read Post
Gov. Bev Perdue has appointed Eric Levinson to the Superior Court bench in Mecklenburg County. It's an interesting appointment because Perdue is a Democrat and Levinson is a Republican who has served before as a judge prior to going... Read Post
When the music stopped, there was still an empty chair waiting: Gov. Beverly Perdue is reappointing Cressie Thigpen to the court, where he fills a position vacated by Barbara Jackson, who was elected to the state Supreme Court in No... Read Post