Following is a list of justices of the North Carolina Supreme Court.

Current justices

The Court's current members are:

Seat Justice[1] Born Joined Term ends[a] Mandatory retirement[b] Party affiliation Law school
Chief Justice Paul Martin Newby (1955-05-05) May 5, 1955 (age 68) December 5, 2004 2028 May 31, 2027 Republican North Carolina
1 Anita Earls (1960-02-20) February 20, 1960 (age 63) January 1, 2019 2026 February 29, 2032 Democratic Yale
2 Phil Berger Jr. (1972-03-26) March 26, 1972 (age 51) January 1, 2021 2028 March 31, 2044 Republican Wake Forest
4 Tamara P. Barringer (1958-12-01) December 1, 1958 (age 65) January 1, 2021 2028 December 31, 2030 Republican North Carolina
3 Richard Dietz (1977-02-01) February 1, 1977 (age 47) January 1, 2023 2030 February 28, 2049 Republican Wake Forest
5 Trey Allen (1974-11-20) November 20, 1974 (age 49) January 1, 2023 2030 November 30, 2046 Republican North Carolina
6 Allison Riggs 1980 or 1981 (age 42–43) September 11, 2023 2024 October 31, 2051 Democratic University of Florida
  1. ^ Term ends on December 31 of the year listed.
  2. ^ North Carolina judges must retire by the last day of the month in which they turn age 72.

Former justices

Judge Began active
service		 Ended active
service		 Notes
William J. Adams 1921 1934 .
William Reynolds Allen 1911 1921 .
Thomas Samuel Ashe 1878 1887 .
Alphonso C. Avery 1889 1897 .
M. V. Barnhill 1937 1956 Chief Justice (1954–1956)
William Horn Battle 1848
1852		 1848
1868		 .
Cheri Beasley 2013 2021 Chief Justice (2019–2021)
Rhoda Billings 1985 1986 Chief Justice (1986)
William H. Bobbitt 1954 1974 Chief Justice (1969–1974)
Nathaniel Boyden 1872 1873 .
Edward Thomas Brady 2003 2010 .
Joseph Branch 1966 1986 Chief Justice (1979–1986)
David M. Britt 1978 1982 .
Walter E. Brock 1979 1980 .
Willis J. Brogden 1926 1935 .
George H. Brown 1905 1920 .
Armistead Burwell 1892 1894 .
G. K. Butterfield 2001 2002 .
William P. Bynum 1873 1909 .
J. Phil Carlton 1979 1983 .
Walter Clark 1889 1924 Chief Justice (1903–1924)
Heriot Clarkson 1923 1942 .
Henry G. Connor 1903 1909 .
George Whitfield Connor 1903 1909 .
Charles A. Cooke 1901 1903 .
J. William Copeland 1975 1985 .
Joseph J. Daniel 1832 1848 .
Joseph J. Davis 1887 1892 .
Mark A. Davis 2019 2021 .
Emery B. Denny 1942 1966 Chief Justice (1962–1966)
William A. Devin 1935 1954 Chief Justice (1951–1954)
Robert P. Dick 1868 1872 .
John H. Dillard 1878 1881 .
Robert M. Douglas 1896 1904 .
Robert H. Edmunds Jr. 2001 2016 .
Sam Ervin 1948 1954 .
Sam J. Ervin IV 2015 2022 .
James G. Exum 1974 1995 Chief Justice (1986–1995)
William T. Faircloth 1895 1901 Chief Justice (1895–1901)
Franklin Freeman 2000 2000 .
Henry Frye 1983 2001 Chief Justice (1999–2001)
David M. Furches 1894 1903 Chief Justice (1901–1903)
William Gaston 1833 1844 .
John Hall 1819 1832 .
Leonard Henderson 1818 1833 Chief Justice (1829–1833)
Carlisle W. Higgins 1954 1974 .
William A. Hoke 1904 1925 Chief Justice (1924–1925)
Robin E. Hudson 2007 2022 .
Robert N. Hunter Jr. 2014 2014 .
J. Frank Huskins 1968 1982 .
Barbara Jackson 2011 2018 .
Jefferson D. Johnson Jr. 1950 1960 .
I. Beverly Lake 1985
1992
1994		 1990
1992
2006		 Chief Justice (2001–2006)
I. Beverly Lake Sr. 1965 1978 .
James C. MacRae 1892 1895 .
Matthias Evans Manly 1860 1865 .
James S. Manning 1909 1911 .
Harry C. Martin 1982 1992 .
Mark Martin 1999 2019 Chief Justice (2014–2019)
Augustus Summerfield Merrimon 1883 1892 Chief Justice (1889–1892)
Louis B. Meyer 1981 1994 .
Burley Mitchell 1982 1999 Chief Justice (1995–1999)
Walter A. Montgomery 1894 1905 .
Dan K. Moore 1969 1978
Michael R. Morgan 2017 2023
Frederick Nash 1844 1858 Chief Justice (1852–1858)
Robert F. Orr 1994 2004 .
Francis I. Parker 1986 1986 [2]
R. Hunt Parker 1952 1969 Chief Justice (1966–1969)
Sarah Parker 1993 2014 Chief Justice (2006–2014)
Richmond Mumford Pearson 1848 1878 Chief Justice (1859–1878);
First Chief Justice elected by the people (in the 1868 election).
Edwin Godwin Reade 1868 1879 .
William B. Rodman 1868 1879 .
William B. Rodman Jr. 1956 1965 .
Thomas Ruffin 1829
1858		 1852
1859		 Chief Justice (1833–1852)
Thomas Ruffin Jr. 1881 1883 .
Michael Schenck 1934 1948 .
Aaron A. F. Seawell 1938 1950 .
Thomas Settle 1868 1871 .
Susie Sharp 1962 1979 Chief Justice (1975–1979)
James E. Shepherd 1888 1895 Chief Justice (1893–1895)
William N. H. Smith 1878 1889 Chief Justice (1878–1889)
Walter P. Stacy 1925 1951 Chief Justice (1925–1951)
John Louis Taylor 1818 1829 First Chief Justice (1818–1829)
Patricia Timmons-Goodson 2006 2012
John D. Toomer 1829 1829 .
Itimous T. Valentine Sr. 1951 1952 .
Lycurgus R. Varser 1925 1925 .
Earl W. Vaughn 1985 1985 .
George L. Wainwright Jr. 1998 2006 .
Platt D. Walker 1903 1923 .
John Webb 1986 1998 .
Willis Whichard 1986 1998 .
J. Wallace Winborne 1937 1962 Chief Justice (1956–1962)
James Andrew Wynn 1998 1998 .

References

  1. ^ "Meet the Justices". North Carolina Judicial Branch.
  2. ^ Presentation of Portrait

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