American judge
Robert Holt Edmunds Jr. (born April 17, 1949) is an American lawyer, formerly 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] 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] 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] [ 5] 1996 , he ran for North Carolina Attorney General but lost to Mike Easley .[ 6] North Carolina Court of Appeals in 1998 as a Republican.[ 7] Franklin Freeman .[ 8] [ 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] Michael Morgan .[ 11]
Electoral history
2016
2008
2000
1998
1996
References
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