A state intermediate appellate court / Established 1967

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Raleigh · An intermediate appellate court in North Carolina.

The Court of Appeals of North Carolina is an intermediate appellate court in North Carolina, the tier between the state's trial courts and the Supreme Court of North Carolina. Its judges are chosen by partisan election, the same method North Carolina uses for its court of last resort. This page lists every judge to serve on the court, current and former.

Judges in history

Currently serving

Partisan

Selection

8-yr

Term

Current judges

Judge	Since
Linda M. McGee	1995
Wanda G. Bryant	2001
Richard A. Elmore	2002
Ann Marie Calabria	2003
Martha A. Geer	2003
Sanford L. Steelman Jr.	2003
Linda Stephens	2006
Donna S. Stroud	2007
John Douglas McCullough	2011

Former judges

Judge	Years
Cressie H. Thigpen Jr.	2010–2012
Samuel James Ervin IV	2009–2014
Cheri Beasley	2008–2012
John S. Arrowood	2007–2008
Barbara Jackson	2005–2010
Alan Z. Thornburg	2004–2004
Eric L. Levinson	2002–2006
Loretta Copeland Biggs	2001–2002
Hugh Brown Campbell Jr.	2001–2002
Robin E. Hudson	2001–2006
Albert S. Thomas	2001–2002
John Marsh Tyson	2001–2009
Robert Holt Edmunds Jr.	1998–2001
Clarence E. Horton Jr.	1998–2000
Robert C. Hunter Jr.	1998–2014
Patricia Timmons-Goodson	1997–2005
Mark D. Martin	1994–1998
Sydnor Thompson	1994–1994
Elizabeth Gordon McCrodden	1993–1994
Joseph R. John Sr.	1992–2000
Ralph A. Walker	1991–2002
Allyson Kay Duncan	1990–1990
James Andrew Wynn Jr.	1990–2009
John B. Lewis Jr.	1988–2000
Donald P. Smith Jr.	1988–1989
K Edward Greene	1986–2002
Robert F. Orr	1986–1994
Jack L. Cozort	1985–1997
John C. Martin	1985–2014
Sarah E. Parker	1984–1992
Sidney S. Eagles Jr.	1983–2004
Edwin Maurice Braswell	1982–1984
Clifton E. Johnson	1982–1996
Eugene H. Phillips	1982–1990
Charles L. Becton	1981–1990
Willis P. Whichard	1980–2011
Cecil J. Hill	1979–1984
Hugh Albert Wells	1979–1994
Harry C. Martin	1978–1982
Richard Cannon Erwin	1977–1980
Burlery Mitchell Jr.	1977–1979
John Webb	1977–1986
S Gerald Arnold	1974–1998
Edward B. Clark	1974–1982
Robert M. Martin	1974–1982
James M. Baley Jr.	1973–1974
Walter E. Brock Jr.	1973–1978
James H. Carson Jr.	1973–1974
William E. Graham	1969–1973
Robert Alfred Hedrick	1969–1992
Earl W. Vaughn	1969–1985
Francis Marion Parker Jr.	1968–1980
David M. Britt	1967–1978
Hugh B. Cambell Sr.	1967–1974
James Colly Farthing	1967–1967
Raymond Bowden Mallard	1967–1973
Naomi E. Morris	1967–1982

How a judge reaches this court. Judges of the Court of Appeals of North Carolina are chosen in partisan elections to 8-year terms. Selection methods vary by jurisdiction and have changed over time; this page reflects the court’s current method (source: National Center for State Courts). Open any judge to see their tenure and whom they succeeded.

Source: CourtListener / Free Law Project (bulk data); selection method from the National Center for State Courts. Data last verified 2026-06-30. Verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).