Linda McGee

Linda McGee
Current Court Information:
North Carolina Court of Appeals
Title:	Judge
Service:
Appointed by:	Gov. James Hunt
Active:	1995-2020
Past post:	Attorney with Santi, Watson & McGee
Past term:	1978-1995
Personal History
Born:	September 20, 1949
Candidate 2012:
Candidate for:	Court of Appeals
State:	North Carolina
Election information 2012:
Incumbent:	Yes
Election date:	November 6, 2012
Election vote:	61.2%A

Linda M. McGee is a judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Governor Hunt appointed her to this position in 1995. She was elected in 1996 and re-elected in 2004 and 2012. Her current term expires in 2020.

Education

McGee received her B.A. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1971 and her J.D. degree from UNC - Chapel Hill School of Law in 1973. She is now married and has two children.

Legal career

McGee began her legal career in 1973 as the first Executive Director of the N.C. Academy of Trial Lawyers. She worked in this position until 1978. She then practiced law with the firm Santi, Watson & McGee for seventeen years until she was appointed to the Court of Appeals in 1995.

2012 election

McGee was re-elected to the Court of Appeals on Nov. 6, 2012, defeating David S. Robinson with 61.2% of the vote.

See also: North Carolina judicial elections, 2012

Endorsements

• North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys

See also

• Courts in North Carolina
• Judicial selection in North Carolina

External links

• Outer Banks Sentinel, "McGee to seek re-election to Court of Appeals," December 2011
• Official North Carolina Court of Appeals website
• North Carolina State Board of Elections: 2012 General Election Voter Guide Scroll to p.3