Judge takes the oath of office at the North Carolina Court of Appeals 

Judge Allison Riggs takes the oath of office at the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Photo/North Carolina Judicial Branch

Judge Allison Riggs has been formally invested as judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals. 

She was sworn in during a ceremony in the Court of Appeals courtroom on Thursday, Feb. 9, according to a news release. 

Attendees of the ceremony included justices of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, judges of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, and family and friends of Judge Riggs. Supreme Court of North Carolina Associate Justice Anita Earls conducted the presentation to the Court, and North Carolina Court of Appeals Chief Judge Donna Stroud administered the oath of office. 

Riggs was appointed to the Court by Governor Roy Cooper after serving as the Co-Executive Director and Chief Counsel for Voting Rights at the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, the release stated. 

Previously, she was a staff attorney and senior staff attorney at the Southern Coalition for Social Justice. Riggs was a civil rights litigator and community lawyer who has served as lead counsel in numerous voting rights cases, including twice arguing before the United States Supreme Court.  

Riggs received her bachelor’s degree, master’s degree and her Juris Doctor from the University of Florida.