Cheri Beasley DEMDemocrat
American judge, Senate candidate (2022)
Cheri BeasleyDEMDemocrat American judge, Senate candidate (2022)
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Cheri Lynn Beasley (born February 14, 1966) is an American attorney and jurist who served as the chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 2019 to 2020; she was appointed an associate justice in 2012. Beasley previously served on the North Carolina Court of Appeals and as a district court judge in Cumberland County, North Carolina. Beasley was the Democratic nominee in the 2022 United States Senate election in North Carolina. She lost to Republican nominee Ted Budd.
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Education6 - 6 of 4
Duke University School of Law
LLM Judicial Studies
2018
University of Tennessee College of Law
JD
1991
University of Oxford, Oxford, England
Attended
1990
Rutgers University/Douglass College
BA Political Science/Economics
1988
Past Positions1 - 11 of 11
Partner
McGuireWoods, Limited Liability Company
2021 - Current
Chief Justice
North Carolina State Supreme Court
2019 - 2021
Associate Justice
North Carolina State Supreme Court
2012 - 2019
Chief Justice
North Carolina State Supreme Court
2019
Associate Judge
North Carolina Court of Appeals
2009 - 2012
Lecturer
North Carolina Central University School of Law
2009 - Current
Lecturer
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law
2009 - Current
District Court Judge
North Carolina Twelfth Judicial District
1999 - 2008
Faculty
Advanced Trial Advocacy, National Institute for Trial Advocacy
2005 - 2007
Assistant Public Defender
North Carolina Twelfth Judicial District
1994 - 1999
Instructor
Fayetteville Technical Community College, Fayetteville, North Carolina
1995
Other Experience1 - 49 of 49
Member
Board of Trustees, First Baptist Church
Current
Member
Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defense, American Bar Association
2016 - Current
Vice President
Board of Governors, North Carolina Bar Association
2015 - 2016
Vice Chair
North Carolina Equal Access to Justice Commission
2014 - Current
Member
Appellate Rules Section, National Bar Association
2013 - Current
Member
Appellate Rules Committee, National Bar Association
2013 - Current
Member
Junior League of Raleigh
2013 - Current
Member
Junior League of Fayetteville
1998 - 2013
Member
Women in the Profession, National Bar Association
2012 - Current
Henry Toll Fellow
Council on State Governments
2012
Member
Board of Directors, Women's Forum of North Carolina
2010 - 2012
Member
Standing Committee on Diversity in the Judiciary, American Bar Association
2011 - 2012
Member
Endowment Committee, North Carolina Bar Association Foundation
2011 - Current
Member
Litigation Council, National Bar Association
2009 - 2011
Member
Community Advisory Council, Fayetteville State University
2006 - 2010
Member
NETWORTH
2007 - 2010
Member
Appellate Judges Conference, American Bar Association
2009 - Current
Member
Tenth Judicial District Bar, North Carolina
2009 - Current
Member
Wake County Bar Association, North Carolina
2009 - Current
Chair
Administrative Committee, Cape Fear Regional Theater
2005 - 2009
Member
Professional Standards Committee, Cumberland County Bar Association
2006 - 2009
Member
Board of Directors, Cape Fear Regional Theater
2004 - 2009
Member
North Carolina Association of District Court Judges
1999 - 2008
Member
Women's Center of Fayetteville
2005 - 2008
Member
Women's Forum of North Carolina
2007 - Current
Faculty
National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), Advanced Trial Advocacy
2006 - 2007
Presenter
New Judges' School for District Court Judges, "Judicial Philosophy"
2006 - 2007
Tutor
First Baptist Church, North Carolina
1999 - 2004
Member
555th Parachute Infantry Association, Fayetteville/Fort Bragg Chapter
2001 - Current
Member
Board of Trustees, Fayetteville Museum of Art
1998 - 2001
Member
Young Lawyers of Cumberland County
1994 - 2000
Member
First Baptist Church
1999 - Current
Chair
Bar Relations Committee, North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers
1998 - 1999
Member
Cumberland County Association of Defense Attorneys
1994 - 1999
Member
North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers
1996 - 1999
Member
Board of Governors, North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers
1996 - 1999
Teen Court Judge
Cumberland County Dispute Resolution
1996 - 1998
Life Member
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
1997 - Current
Assistant Girl Scouts Leader
First Baptist Church, North Carolina
1997
Member
City of Fayetteville Zoning Commission, North Carolina
1996 - 1997
Member
Capital City Lawyers Association
1994 - 1996
Member
North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys
1995 - Current
Founder
Fayetteville Bench & Bar, North Carolina
1994 - Current
Member
Cumberland County Bar Association
1994 - Current
Member
North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers
1994 - Current
Member
National Bar Association
1994 - Current
Member
North Carolina Bar Association
1993 - Current
Member
American Bar Association
1993 - Current
Volunteer Attorney
Tenth Prosecutorial District, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
1993
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