Robert H. Edmunds Jr.

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Robert H. Edmunds Jr.
Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Assumed office
2000
Personal details
Born (1949-04-17) April 17, 1949
Danville, Virginia
Political party Republican
Alma mater University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Robert Holt Edmunds Jr. (born April 17, 1949) is an American judge, currently an Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.

Early life and education

Born in Danville, Virginia, Edmunds moved to Greensboro, North Carolina at the age of 8. He attended Woodberry Forest School and Williams College before graduating with honors from Vassar College with a degree in English.[1] Edmunds earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1975, after which he served two years in the United States Navy.[2] He was awarded an LL.M. degree (Master of Laws in the Judicial Process) from the University of Virginia School of Law in Charlottesville in 2004.[3]

Career

After working as a district attorney in Guilford County, North Carolina and as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, Edmunds served as the presidentially-appointed United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina from 1986 to 1993.[4] In 1993, Edmunds entered private practice, joining the firm Stern & Klepfer.[5] In 1996, he ran for North Carolina Attorney General but lost to Mike Easley.[6] He was elected to the North Carolina Court of Appeals in 1998 as a Republican. [7] In 2000, he was elected to the North Carolina Supreme Court, defeating Franklin Freeman.[8] He was elected as a Republican, though the office is now nonpartisan.[9]

Justice Edmunds won a second term to the North Carolina Supreme Court by defeating Wake Forest University law professor Suzanne Reynolds in the 2008 elections.[10] In 2016 when running for a third term he was defeated by Michael R. Morgan.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Robert Holt Edmunds Jr.". nccourts.org. North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Robert Holt Edmunds Jr.". nccourts.org. North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Alumni in the News, 2008 - June 2009". www.law.virginia.edu. University of Virginia School of Law. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  4. ↑ Edmunds, Robert (Summer 2014). "An Interview with Justice Randy Holland". The Judges’ Journal. 53 (3). Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Hibbard, David (25 October 2007). "N.C. Supreme Court Justice Edmonds visits law school". elon.edu. Elon University. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Attorney General Abstract of Votes Cast in the General Election held on November 5, 1996" (PDF). ncsbe.gov. North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  7. ↑ O'Brien, John (5 November 2008). "GOP keeps majority on N.C. Supreme Court". www.legalnewsline.com. Legal Newsline. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Assoc Justtice NC Supreme Court" (PDF). ncsbe.gov. North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  9. ↑ Bob Edmunds | newsobserver.com projects
  10. ↑ Galindo, Dan. "Reynolds just shy of seat on high court in late count". Winston-Salem Journal. Kevin Kampman. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  11. ↑ Morgan defeats Edmunds in N.C Supreme Court race
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