Donna Forga

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Donna Forga

Prior offices:

North Carolina 30th Judicial District

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Education

Bachelor's

University of North Carolina, Asheville, 1995

Law

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2000

Donna Forga is a district court judge for the 30th Judicial District, which presides over Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and Swain counties of North Carolina. She was first elected to the court in 2010. Forga was re-elected to the 30th Judicial District in 2014, winning a term that expired on December 31, 2018.

Elections

2014

See also: North Carolina judicial elections, 2014
Forga ran for re-election to the 30th Judicial District.
General: She was unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014.  

2010

Forga was elected to the 30th Judicial District. She defeated incumbent Danya L. Vanhook in the general election, winning 57.49 percent of the vote.

See also: North Carolina judicial elections, 2010

Education

Forga received her undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Asheville in 1995 and her J.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2000.

Career

Before her election to the court, Forga worked as an attorney in private practice, specializing in criminal, domestic, and the Department of Social Services cases.

See also

• Courts in North Carolina
• North Carolina District Courts
• Judicial selection in North Carolina

External links

• The North Carolina Court System, "Cherokee County - District 30A"
• The North Carolina Court System, "Clay County - District 30A"
• The North Carolina Court System, "Graham County - District 30A"
• The North Carolina Court System, "Macon County - District 30A"
• The North Carolina Court System, "Swain County - District 30A"
• The North Carolina Court System, "Haywood County - District 30B"
• The North Carolina Court System, "Jackson County - District 30B"