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2005 Balanced Life Workplace Awards

2006 ANNUAL CONFERENCE --  Awards

Hon. Patricia

Timmons-Goodson

Justice Timmons-Goodson graduated from Pine Forest High School in 1972; UNC-Chapel Hill, BA, Speech, 1976; UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law, JD, 1979. She was appointed to the NC Supreme Court where she currently serves in 2006 by Governor Mike Easley. She served on the NC Court of Appeals from 1997 to 2005. She was appointed District Court Judge, 12th Judicial District, by Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. in 1984; elected in 1986 and re-elected in 1990 and 1994. Prior to these positions, she served as Staff Attorney, Lumbee River Legal Services, Inc., Fayetteville, NC, 1983-84; Assistant District Attorney, 12th Prosecutorial District, 1981-83; District Manager, 1980 United States Census, 1979-80. Her professional organization involvements include Co-Host and Co-Producer of “Dimensions of Justice” Television Program; Volunteer Reading Tutor, Van Story Elementary School; NC Bar Association; NC Judicial Conference, NC Association of District Court Judges; NC Association of Black Lawyers; North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys; National Bar Association; Fayetteville Chapter of Link, Inc., past Vice-President; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Justice Timmons-Goodson is a member of the NC Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission; NC Supreme Court Dispute Resolution Committee; NC Court’s Commission, past Board Member; UNC-Chapel Hill General Alumni Association Board of Directors, past Board Member; Regional Morehead Scholarship Selection Committee; UNC Chapel Hill Board of Visitors, past Board Member; Dean J.C. Jones Memorial Scholarship Board of Directors, past Board Member. She has received honors and awards from Save Our Schools (SOS), Cumberland County Outstanding Volunteer of the Year, Governor’s Award, 1996; Service Award, Fayetteville Chapter of NAACP, 1996; Leadership Award, NC Legislative Black Caucus, 1995; Minority Business and Professional League Legal/Justice Award, 1993; UNC-Chapel Hill Distinguished Young Alumnus Award, 1992; Citizen of the Year, Beta Chi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, 1988; Citizen of the Year, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, 1986; Order of the Valkyries (UNC’s highest women’s honorary recognizing scholarship and leadership); Order of the Old Well (UNC’s honorary recognizing distinguished service to the university); Holderness Moot Court, UNC-Chapel Hill.

Judge of the Year Award

The Honorable

Allyson K. Duncan

Judge Allyson K. Duncan was sworn in on August 15, 2003, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. She was nominated in April of 2003 by President George W. Bush, participated in a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on June 25, was voted out 19-0, and received unanimous approval from the Senate on July 17 by a vote of 93-0. Judge Duncan’s career has been marked by a number of “firsts.” She is the first African American or woman from North Carolina to serve on the Fourth Circuit, and the first African American woman from any state to do so. She was the first African American woman to serve on the NC Appellate Courts. And on June 21, 2003, she was sworn in as the 109th President of the NC Bar Association, making her the first African American and only the third woman to hold this position. Prior to joining the Fourth Circuit, Judge Duncan was a partner in the Raleigh offices of Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP, where she concentrated her practice in the areas of government relations and utility matters, primarily involving energy. Before joining the firm, she was a member of the NC Utilities Commission from 1991-1997, during which time she held leadership positions in the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, served as a member of the Harvard Electricity Policy Group and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and spoke and testified before Congress on energy issues. Judge Duncan served on the NC Court of Appeals from 1990-1991, and prior to that was an Assistant Professor of Law at NC Central University, teaching property, employment discrimination, labor law and appellate advocacy. She spoke and wrote on employment discrimination issues, and co-authored a textbook on North Carolina appellate advocacy. Judge Duncan worked for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Washington, D.C. from 1978-1986, first as an appellant attorney, later as Executive Assistant to Chairman Clarence Thomas and ultimately served as the agency’s Acting Legal Counsel. Judge Duncan is active in numerous professional and community organizations, and has received as a result a number of awards and honors. She graduated from Hampton University in 1972, and Duke University School of Law in 1975.

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