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Edwin Wilson
Edwin G. Wilson Jr. was a judge for Judicial District 17A of the North Carolina 4th Superior Court Division. He assumed office on January 1, 2019. He left office on December 31, 2022.
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Wilson was the senior resident superior court judge for the 17A Judicial District of the Fifth Division of the Superior Court in North Carolina from 2003 to 2018. He was appointed by Governor Mike Easley in April 2003 and was elected to serve out the remainder of an unexpired term in 2004.[1]
In 2018, the North Carolina General Assembly passed House Bill 717, revising the state superior court, district court, and prosecutorial districts. Wilson's seat on the Fifth Division was absorbed into the Fourth Division.
The North Carolina Superior Courts are split into five divisions and 48 districts. Superior court judges rotate among the districts within their division every six months.[2] However, superior court judges are elected by voters in their district and must reside in the district in which they are elected.[3]
Elections
2014
See also: North Carolina judicial elections, 2014
Wilson ran for re-election to the 17A Judicial District of the Fifth Division of the Superior Court.
General: He was unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014.
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2006
Wilson was re-elected to the 17A Judicial District of the Fifth Division of the Superior Court in 2006 to a full eight-year term, effective until the end of 2014.[5]
Education
Wilson received his B.A. in history from the University of Virginia in 1988 and his J.D. from the Wake Forest University School of Law in 1993.[5]
Career
- 2003-present: Senior resident superior court judge, North Carolina Superior Court
- 2019-present: 17A Judicial District, Third Division
- 2003-2018: 17A Judicial District, Fifth Division
- 1994-2003: Attorney, Maddrey, Wilson, Etringer and Smith, Eden, North Carolina
- 1993-1994: Fellow, Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
- 1988-1989: Aide to U.S. Senator Terry Sanford [5]
Awards and associations
- Chair, North Carolina Center for Voter Education
- Vice-Chair, Morehead Memorial Hospital
- Board Member, Boys and Girls Club of Eden
- Board Member, Free Clinic of Rockingham County
- Treasurer, North Carolina Conference of Superior Court Judges
- Member, Guilford Inn of Court [5]
Federal judgeship nomination
Wilson is one of three recommendations to President Obama from Senator Kay Hagan for a position on the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.[6]
Noteworthy cases
Judge Wilson ruled in February of 2009 that more than 127 pit bulls seized from a dog-fighting ring be put down. Wilson issued his ruling after hearing a call for euthanasia from a prosecutor, the attorney for Wilkes County government, Wilkes County’s animal-control director and two representatives from The Humane Society of the United States.
Animal rights activists were angered by the order, calling it a "massacre".
According to Amanda Arrington, North Carolina director for The Humane Society of the U.S., and Chris Schindler, the agency’s deputy manager of animal-fighting law enforcement, the dogs were bred for aggression. "Wilkes Animal Control Director Junior Simmons told the judge that some of the dogs that were puppies when they were seized in December are already showing aggression toward each other. 'They’re not just play fighting.They’re starting to draw blood.'"[7]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ State of North Carolina, Office of the Governor, "Gov. Easley Names Wilson to Rockingham County Superior Court," April 24, 2003
- ↑ North Carolina Judicial Branch, "North Carolina Superior Court: About," accessed October 9, 2019
- ↑ North Carolina Judicial Branch, "Court Officials: Superior Court Judges," accessed October 9, 2019
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Candidate List Group by Contest," March 4, 2014
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 The North Carolina Court System, "Rockingham County - District 17A, Judge Edwin G. Wilson, Jr. (click on link for downloadable biography of Judge Wilson)"
- ↑ News and Observer, "Hagan submits names for judges," July 10, 2009
- ↑ NBC4i, "Judge Orders More Than 127 Pit Bulls Destroyed," February 17, 2009
Federal courts:
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of North Carolina, Middle District of North Carolina, Western District of North Carolina • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of North Carolina, Middle District of North Carolina, Western District of North Carolina
State courts:
Supreme Court of North Carolina • North Carolina Court of Appeals • North Carolina Superior Courts • North Carolina District Courts
State resources:
Courts in North Carolina • North Carolina judicial elections • Judicial selection in North Carolina
