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| Cheri Beasley | |
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| Current Court Information: | |
| North Carolina Supreme Court | |
| Title: | Justice |
| Service: | |
| Active: | 12/2012-2014 |
| Preceded by: | Patricia Timmons-Goodson |
| Past position: | Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals |
| Past term: | 2008-2012 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | February 14, 1966 |
| Home State: | Tennessee |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Bachelors: | Rutgers University/Douglass College |
| Law School: | University of Tennessee College of Law |
Cheri Beasley is a justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. She was appointed by Gov. Bev Perdue on December 12, 2012 to replace Justice Patricia Timmons-Goodson, who retired on December 17, 2012. If she wishes to remain on the court, she must run in the 2014 election.[1]
Education
Judge Beasley received her B.A. degree from Rutgers University/Douglass College in 1988. She went on to receive her J.D. degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1991, after spending a summer at the University of Oxford in England. [2]
Career
- 2012-present: Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court
- 2008-2012: Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals
- 1999-2008: Judge, 12th Judicial District
- 1994-1999: Assistant Public Defender, 12th Judicial District
- 1993-1994: Volunteer attorney[3][4][2]
See also
- News: Beasley appointed to North Carolina Supreme Court, December 13, 2012
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