Richard Samuel Gottlieb
Richard Samuel Gottlieb (Republican Party) is a judge for District 31A Seat 1 of the North Carolina 4th Superior Court Division. He assumed office on January 1, 2024. His current term ends on December 31, 2030.
Gottlieb (Republican Party) ran for re-election for the Judicial District 21A Seat 1 judge of the North Carolina 4th Superior Court Division. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Gottlieb completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Gottlieb was initially a superior court judge for the 17A Judicial District of the Fifth Division of the Superior Court in North Carolina. He was elected to the court on November 4, 2014, for an eight-year term.[1][2]
In 2018, the North Carolina General Assembly passed House Bill 717, revising the state superior court, district court, and prosecutorial districts. Gottlieb's seat on the Fifth Division was absorbed into the Fourth Division, effective January 1, 2019.
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.[3] However, superior court judges are elected by voters in their district and must reside in the district in which they are elected.[4]
Biography
Richard Samuel Gottlieb earned a bachelor's degree from Emory University in 1992. He earned a law degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1996.[5]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Forsyth County, North Carolina (2022)
General election
General election for North Carolina 4th Superior Court Division Judicial District 21A Seat 1
Incumbent Richard Samuel Gottlieb won election in the general election for North Carolina 4th Superior Court Division Judicial District 21A Seat 1 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Richard Samuel Gottlieb (R)  | 100.0 | 30,907 |
| Total votes: 30,907 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Richard Samuel Gottlieb advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina 4th Superior Court Division Judicial District 21A Seat 1.
2014
See also: North Carolina judicial elections, 2014
Gottlieb ran for election to the 21st Judicial District of the Fifth Division of the Superior Court.
Primary: He was successful in the primary on May 6, 2014, receiving 64.8 percent of the vote. He competed against Donna Michelle Taylor and Stacey Dawn Rubain.
General: He defeated Stacey Dawn Rubain in the general election on November 4, 2014, receiving 68.5 percent of the vote.
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Judicial performance evaluation
In July 2014, the North Carolina Bar Association released the results of a survey in which it asked lawyers to rate the judicial candidates for the trial courts. The candidates were rated from one to five on five different criteria as well as on their overall performance.[7]
| Richard Samuel Gottlieb | ||
|---|---|---|
| Quality/Skill Rated | # of Responses | Average Rating |
| Integrity & Impartiality | 186 | 4.78 |
| Legal Ability | 191 | 4.84 |
| Professionalism | 189 | 4.81 |
| Communication | 187 | 4.72 |
| Administrative Skills | 152 | 4.76 |
| Overall Performance | 187 | 4.76 |
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Richard Samuel Gottlieb completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Gottlieb's responses.
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- Judge Gottlieb believes in applying the law fairly and firmly, without bias, and without legislating from the bench.
- Judge Gottlieb treats everyone who appears before him professionally, respectfully, and without bias.
- Experience matters. Judge Gottlieb brings his years of experience to the Superior Court.
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Education
Gottlieb received his B.A. from Emory University in 1992 and his J.D. degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1996.[8]
Career
- 2015-present: Superior court judge
- 1996-2014: Attorney, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP [8]
Awards and associations
Awards
- Top 100: North Carolina Super Lawyers
- Legal Elite
- Best Lawyers in America
- Mover & Shaker
- 40 Under 40 [8]
Associations
- North Carolina State Bar
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Rotary Club of Winston-Salem
- Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce
- United Way of Forsyth County
- Arts Council of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County
- Summit School [8]
Approach to the law
| “ | The Superior Court needs judges with a background in complex business litigation so that those cases can be resolved more quickly, efficiently and correctly...I will apply this experience to make the Superior Court run more efficiently and be tough but fair, applying the law as the General Assembly intended it to be applied.[9] | ” |
| —Richard Gottlieb[8] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate North Carolina 4th Superior Court Division Judicial District 21A Seat 1 |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Candidate List Grouped by Contest," March 2, 2014
- ↑ Judicial selection in North Carolina
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 7, 2022
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "5/06/2014 Unofficial Primary Election Results - Statewide," accessed May 7, 2014
- ↑ North Carolina Bar Association, "Judicial Performance Evaluation Survey," July 2014
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Information submitted via Judgepedia's candidate submission form on March 24, 2014.
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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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
