Governor Roy Cooper has appointed S. Katherine (Kat) Burnette to serve as a District Court Judge for Judicial District 9, serving Franklin, Granville, Vance and Warren counties. The appointment was announced Oct. 10. Burnette will fill the vacancy created by ...

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Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Martin has issued an order declaring that catastrophic conditions resulting from Hurricane Florence continue to exist in Jones County and Onslow County, two of the counties hit the hardest by flooding from the storm. The ...

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RALEIGH (AP) The first day of North Carolina judicial candidacy filing attracted more than 120 people seeking seats on the bench this November. Filing began at noon June 18 for over 150 District Court or Superior Court seats, along with one ...

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RALEIGH (AP) Republican lawmakers are advancing fragments of a statewide remapping of North Carolina’s judicial election districts in hopes of passing them before candidate filing for judges begins in just over two weeks. A House committee voted late June 1 ...

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Robeson County District Court Judge Herbert Richardson Sr. is an old goat. Or at least that’s what the “young people” at the courthouse call him. Richardson said in a recent interview that he has had the pleasure of working in ...

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“Casey Viser: Last on the ballot, first in your heart.” That punch line and subsequent crowd laughter punctuated a forum — largely a light-hearted affair — at the Charlotte School of Law last week. Nine candidates for district and superior ...

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North Carolina State Rep. Justin Burr is a very persistent man with a very persistent grudge against the judicial branch in Stanly County. As the General Assembly hammers out a state budget, the House version of the budget has an amendment inserted by Burr giving tiny Stanly County its own judicial district – and relocating a district court judge who has long been the subject of Burr’s ire.

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Judge Regan A. Miller has been appointed chief District Court judge for Judicial District 26. He succeeds Judge Lisa C. Bell. Sarah Parker, chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, said, “Judge Miller has served with distinction as a District Court judge for over 13 years, has unanimous support of his colleagues on the District Court bench, and has the experience and vision necessary for the successful administration of the largest judicial district in our state.”

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Gov. Bev Perdue today appointed Erin Mulligan Graber, of Graber Law Firm in Raleigh, to the District Court bench for the Tenth Judicial District. Graber will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Jane Gray.

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Officials in Mecklenburg County are exploring the legality and appropriateness of the relationship among the district attorney's office, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, the local courts and the Safety and Health Council of North Carolina, a nonprofit organization that offers defensive-driving courses to ticketed motorists. Mecklenburg County Chief District Court Judge Lisa Bell (pictured) said she began an inquiry into the matter in July after former Mecklenburg County Assistant District Attorney Sean P. Smith first raised the issue publically in an interview with Charlotte's FOX News affiliate.

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