The North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys Judicial Endorsements Committee is pleased to announce its endorsements for the 2006 Election Cycle. 

The JEC board follows set criteria and procedures in making endorsements.  The committee endorses a candidate for judicial office based on the following criteria:  (1) the candidate’s legal skill and ability; (2) the candidate’s experience as a professional and in the community; (3) the candidate’s temperament and demeanor for a judicial position; and (4) the candidate’s support for women in the legal profession, the rights of women under the law and other organizational positions. 

The board evaluates each candidate for a race and conducts a thorough investigation.  The investigation specifically includes interviewing practitioners about the candidates, both those that the candidate has listed as references and others in the relevant community.  For candidates who have already served as appellate judges, the investigation includes reading their opinions.  The procedure is thorough and the committee takes its obligation to investigate seriously. 

For 2006, the Judicial Endorsements Committee endorses the following:

NORTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT

Chief Justice:

Sarah Parker

Associate Justice:

Mark D. Martin

Associate Justice:

Patricia Timmons-Goodson

Associate Justice:

Robin Hudson

NORTH CAROLINA COURT OF APPEALS

Robert C. Hunter

Linda Stephens

SUPERIOR COURT

District 10B

Ripley Rand

District 15B

Carl R. Fox

Adam Stein

District 18C

Susan E. Bray

District 26B

Robert P. Johnston

District 27A

Jesse B. Caldwell

DISTRICT COURT

District 1

Eula E. Reid

District 10

Joyce Hamilton

Vince Rozier

Kristin Ruth

Anne B. Salisbury

District 12

Cheri Beasley

Talmage Baggett

David H. Hasty

A. Elizabeth Keever

Robert Stiehl

District 14

Nancy E. Gordon

Ann McKown

Marcia H. Morey

District 18

Susan O’Hale

District 26

Rickye McKoy-Mitchell

District 28

Sharon Barrett

Patricia Kaufmann Young

** The North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys Judicial Endorsements Committee is a registered political action committee that makes non-partisan endorsements in judicial races only.  The JEC board is elected separately from the NCAWA board. 

Submitted by:    Stella A. Boswell, Chair, NCAWA Judicial Endorsements

                        Committee

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