I am devoted to restoring public trust and confidence through my work on the Court and through the commissions and groups on which I serve, including the Courts Commission, the Family Court Advisory Commission, the Chief Justices Commission on Professionalism, and as Chair of the Chief Justices Rules Advisory Commission. width: 43%; I believe our court was the first in the nation to have e-filing, so we were cutting-edge in the 1990s, but we did not expand it. Were thinking about how we prepare and make sure we can deal with all these cases when they come. color: #0645ad; It is easy to sit up here in chambers being removed from the day-to-day stuff that lawyers and people in court have to deal with. Daly declined to comment when reached by phone. Copyright 2023 North Carolina Bar Association. .race_footer { I try to follow his example in his approach to cases as an originalist and textualist. A collegial court is not a given, so we are very fortunate here to have a long tradition of collegiality and we intend to continue that tradition. $(".collapse-all").on('click', () => { Both Blaine and Larry Shaheen, the PACs treasurer, declined to comment on the record. He was elected in 2020 to succeed Mark Meadows,. It is sad to see people go and to lose the benefit of their experience on and off the court but we are also pleased to have new people here. max-height: 580px; margin-bottom:16px; font-size: 1.25em; Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? font-size: 12px; I had been preparing during the last year because Chief Judge Linda McGee was retiring, but I did not know for sure if I would be appointed because the chief justice makes that decision and the results of that election were delayed. She received her bachelor's degree in government summa cum laude from Campbell University at Buies Creek in 1985. defer(); tusa-race-stage-summary, tusa-person-summary, tusa-filing-dates { Freshwater Smiths campaign has raised roughly twice as much money as Strouds, about $68,000 so far, state records show. Why are you running for this particular court seat? What kind of impact might they have? Chief Judge Stroud Chief Judge Donna Stroud is running for re-election to continue her work enforcing the law as written, upholding the Constitutions of the United States and North Carolina, and ensuring every person in every case is treated fairly. Aside from babysitting and tutoring, my first real job was working in The Villager gift shop at Neuse Sport Shop in Kinston. She is a graduate of Campbell University, summa cum laude, with a BA in Government in 1985, and a graduate of the Campbell University School of Law, with a J.D. font-size: .9em; I told the new judges that we probably raised more questions than we answered, but when you are starting out you may not even know what to ask. each party holds two seats with three incumbents (Republicans Donna Stroud and John Tyson and Democrat Darren Jackson) seeking reelection. } }. }) 1) Please tell us what in your record as a public official or private citizen demonstrates your ability to be effective, fair, and impartial on the bench? .results_row td { let item = jQuery('.votebox .indicate_scroll').get(index); div.survey-scrollbox { height:400px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; } .non_result_row th { Thats another great thing about Campbell because they have the room set up for remote participation. Our predecessors have done a great job, but we continue to review all of these things to find areas we can improve. North Carolina gained a U.S. House seat after the 2020 census and now has 14 seats. Stroud is fighting back, contrasting her decades as a judge (including 16 years on the Court of Appeals) with Freshwater Smith, a former prosecutor who has been a District Court judge since 2017. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it. Normally the judges being sworn in would handle most of the arrangements themselves. program in Judicial Studies. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well. Support independent local journalism. During this time, she also served as an arbitrator for the 10th Judicial District Court and as a certified superior court mediator. I also hope to continue upholding the integrity of the Court and independence of the judiciary in accord with the North Carolina Constitution and the Code of Judicial Conduct, in my roles with the North Carolina Bar Association and on the Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism. function defer() { if(scrollHeight > 580 ) { Based upon my proven track record of fair and impartial work over the past nearly 16 years on the court, I have wide bipartisan support for re-election to the Court in this election. The committees and groups I have been involved with give opportunities to learn, and not just with substantive areas of law. }, See also:North Carolina intermediate appellate court elections, 2022. That was harder than you might think. Chief Judge Donna Stroud (left) takes the oath of office while her husband holds the Bible. --view-more-background: #f0a236; .mw-body #mw-content-text .votebox .race_header h5.votebox-header-election-type { } Policy: Christopher Nelson Caitlin Styrsky Molly Byrne Katharine Frey Jimmy McAllister Samuel Postell She is running for reelection for that position. [2][3][4], Stroud began her legal career in 1988 with the law firm Kirk, Gay, Kirk, Gwynn & Howell. It made the appointment extra special. The U.S. Supreme Court is the final arbiter of disputes involving the federal Constitution. } font-weight: bold; She was born and raised in Kinston, NC, and attended Campbell University. Apply today!
. .votebox-results-cell--number { PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. I am a Constitutional conservative judge with proven track record of 15 years on the Court of Appeals. font-size: 16px; Cities | div.oneoff-scrollbox.short { height:250px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; } A political action committee called True Conservative Judges is also pouring money with hard-to-source origins into the Stroud-Freshwater Smith primary race as well as two other Republican judicial primaries. She also earned an LL.M. And we have other judges who were Superior Court judges and others who have experience in other areas, which is helpful for all of us. a[aria-expanded=false] .fa-chevron-down { display: none; } My opponent has no appellate court experience, whether as a law clerk, an attorney practicing before the North Carolina appellate courts, or as a judge. Judge Donna Stroud was sworn in as chief judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals on Jan. 1, 2021. And he looked a little surprised, and said, I dont know. text-align: left !important; I worked there from age 16 until I graduated from high school and then during summers when I was home from attending college. width: 250px; Operations: Meghann Olshefski Mandy Morris Kelly Rindfleisch She was elected to the court after working as a lawyer and serving as a Wake County District Court judge. With two tight races certified, NC Republicans fall one vote short of total control. The Democraticprimary election was canceled. position: absolute; What was your very first job? Keep it Clean. Judge Donna Stroud | Raleigh NC I am also passionate about family law and I serve on the Family Court Advisory Commission, which works with the family courts across the state. Only the General Assembly has the authority to adopt public financing or any other changes to judicial elections in North Carolina and given the possibility of cases before the courts regarding these laws, under the Code of Judicial Conduct, I cannot state whether I support or oppose a particular system. At some point we will be having arguments in person again; I dont know when but it will happen. I represented individuals, businesses, and towns in many types of cases, civil and criminal, in many different counties and courts. Technically, he is a judicial candidate, having already declared that he intends to run again, but there has been debate in the legal community about whether its proper for judges to function as perpetual candidates, several people of both political parties said in interviews. Counties | North Carolina Court of Appeals Candidates for Seat 8 (Inman Seat) : Julee Flood, Carolyn Thompson Forum Video Link Candidates for S eat 9 (Stroud Seat): Brad Salmon, Donna Stroud Forum Video Link Candidates for Seat 10 (Tyson Seat): Gale Adams, John Tyson Forum Video Link Candidates for Seat 11 (Jackson Seat) : Darren Jackson, Michael Stading The legislature is the branch of government that is to make law, and the judiciary has to ensure that the laws are carried out, and I think thats why both areas are, you know, interested in each other, she said. She is running for re-election to continue her work enforcing the law as written, upholding the Constitutions of the United States and North Carolina, and ensuring our state courts enforce laws as they are written and every person in every case is treated fairly. This court has always been very fortunate to have great judges who always work really well together. I think those are going to be the most terrible situations as children come back to where they can be seen by doctors and teachers and we try to deal with those abuse and neglect cases. RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Judge Donna Stroud will be the next leader of the 15-member North Carolina Court of Appeals. Freshwater Smiths campaign declared in a mailer that she Will Never Appoint Liberals to positions of power. The word never is underlined. They had different styles as chief judge but both were great to work with. font-size: .9em; div.oneoff-scrollbox.regular { height:400px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; } I have been honored to serve on the Court of Appeals for over 15 years since my first election in 2006. She attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. .widget-row.heading { .outer_percentage { It will also provide data which will allow more detailed analysis of the work of the trial courts; this will allow better utilization of personnel and assets and will help us determine areas where we can make improvements. } I compare it to a small wedding, where they are in charge of the guest list, the dress, the invitations and the thank you notes.
.contact_entity {font-size: 1.5em ;margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;} word-wrap: break-word; She won in the general election on November 8, 2022. .percentage_number { border-radius: 50%; With support from several of North Carolina's most powerful legislators, Freshwater Smith is running against Donna Stroud, the current chief judge of the Court of Appeals, in a Republican primary. The pandemic has highlighted the importance of providing the opportunity for electronic filing and for people to be able to access court information remotely, without having to take time off from work, drive to a courthouse, and take time to get the information they need or to file documents. ), Campbell Law School (J.D.) } The Bar Association gives us an opportunity to hear from people from all over the state. She then joined the firm Gay, Stroud & Jackson, LLP in 1995. background-color: #db0000; We have so much that comes from Juvenile Court, and at least two of our judges were Juvenile Court judges. North Carolina was first in the nation in creating an electronic filing system for the appellate courts in the 1990s but has fallen far behind other states and the federal courts in implementing an electronic filing system for the trial courts in all 100 counties. letter-spacing: .04em; top: 2px; Heres what we know so far. We can use the experiences from the pandemic as an opportunity to see how we might do things differently and better in the future. Before joining the Court of Appeals, I practiced law for 16 years, trying cases in many counties of North Carolina, and I served as a District Court judge in Wake County. And we have five new judges, which as far as I can tell is the largest percentage of the court turning over at one time since it was created. width: 100%; I have considered thousands of cases and written nearly 1300 opinions during my time on the court. } When I ran for District Court in 2004, I had to raise money for my election. display: inline-block; .inner_percentage, .inner_percentage.Nonpartisan, .inner_percentage.Independent, .inner_percentage.Constitution, .inner_percentage.unknown { @media screen and (max-width: 350px) { } background-color: #f9f9f9; The race has been marked by aggressive political tactics, flows of dark money and an unusual and some say problematic degree of involvement from sitting Supreme Court justices. .votebox { And yes, I have been pushing for increasing the courts move into the digital world for a long time. .image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper { We have some judges who have worked remotely even before the pandemic and others who prefer working in person. Judge Stroud is a fair & experienced Court of Appeals Chief Judge running to ensure our state courts enforce laws as. .inner_percentage.Green { Court of Appeals judges determine whether trial court judges have made legal errors. Having judges with wide backgrounds. For example, if we have bad weather, snow and ice, if attorneys want to argue and they want to do it remotely, it is a good option to get their case heard. One of the really important things that it does for judges, especially on the appellate level where we dont see attorneys in the courtroom on a daily basis, is let us know what types of problems attorneys are having out there in the real world of practice. Her current term ends on January 1, 2031. NC climate expert weighs in. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. . She was born and raised in Kinston, NC, and attended Campbell University School of Law, graduating first in her class in 1988. House Bill 239 was debated at a Senate judiciary committee meeting Wednesday. .inner_percentage.Republican { If the county board does not select someone by the deadline, the decision falls to the clerk of Superior Court. jQuery( ".votebox" ).each(function( index ) { She is a graduate of Campbell University, summa cum laude, with a BA in Government in 1985, and a graduate of the Campbell University School of Law, with a On the campaign trail, Freshwater Smith and Stroud describe themselves in similar ways: experienced and conservative. I am trained as a yoga teacher although I have never had time to teach. You wait and watch how other attorneys are doing things, and how judges do things. color: #fff; Chatham County housing authority director arrested, accused of $200,000+ in wire fraud, Alligator living at Walmart in NC stirs debate, as many demand it be allowed to stay. Here at the Court of Appeals at end of the year, we were all working just as hard as we could trying to get our opinions done which we managed to do and again at that point the election is still up in the air. The eCourts system will improve public access for both filing and obtaining information from the courts. Then and now, Chief Judge Donna Stroud and the plaque she received for winning the first Law Day Essay Contest in 1982. She represented individuals, businesses, and municipalities in a wide variety of cases and tried cases in many counties across the state. I think thats obvious by the folks that have endorsed me, she told The News & Observer in an interview Thursday. .widget-row.Independent, .widget-row.Nonpartisan, .widget-row.Constitution { .widget-img { You could watch other cases online but you cannot bill hours for that, so attorneys are losing that opportunity to learn. display: inline; The way it has worked in the past at the Court of Appeals is normally we have one or two new judges, and we dont have a formal training program. background-color: #db0000; clear: both; Those are some of the chief judges duties that I knew about coming into this role. Paid for by the Judge Donna Stroud Re-Election Committee. text-align: center; I went to my first meeting of the Chief Justices Commission on Professionalism yesterday, and Chief Justice Newby was talking about the issues the commission is looking at and things the court is looking at. Eugene Soar, a longtime court employee who changed his registration to unaffiliated from Democrat in October 2009, was awarded the job last year. Our mission: To serve the public and the legal profession by promoting the administration of justice and encouraging the highest standards of integrity, competence, civility and well-being of all members of the profession. .inner_percentage.CrossFiled { Is there a particular judge, past or present, whom you admire? Stroud said that legislators significant involvement in the race threatens the separation of powers and checks and balances built in the American government system. With 2020 being such a chaotic and divisive year in many ways, I was honored and glad that I had the support of both chief justices. What is your primary concern about today's legal system in your state? Donna Stroud became the chief judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals today. But we are also thinking about what happens if a party on one side feels strongly about being in person, and the party on the other side wants to argue remotely. 132-1.4A (g) must file a civil action, not a form petition. I consider each case fully, impartially, and fairly, and I rule in accord with the law, exactly as it is written and not as I might personally believe it should be. I have also been an adjunct law professor since 2008, teaching Judicial Process at Campbell Law School. 100% remote. (Photo by Melissa Boughton) Republican lawmakers want to reduce the Court of Appeals and nothing's going to stand in their way not even their own inaccuracies. Contact our sales team. width: 50%; Wood Trey Allen NC Court of Appeals Judge Seat 9 (Republican) Beth Freshwater Smith Donna Stroud NC Court of Appeals Judge Seat 11 (Republican) Michael J. Your most important contribution is your vote, but if you agree that North Carolina needs experienced conservative judges, please help re-elect Chief Judge Stroud by making a financial contribution of $25, $50, $100, $250, or more today. Stroud, because of her experience, is the better choice. Get the latest on Chief Judge Donna Strouds re-election campaign. What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? text-align: center; .race_header.republican { Heres what we know. } Elections in 2023 | Courts do not determine public policy; the General Assembly sets public policy in its legislation. It was a very good session. padding-left: 8px; .widget-row.Libertarian { Research: Josh Altic Vojsava Ramaj What do you believe qualifies you to serve as a Court of Appeals judge? Obviously, 2020 was a very unusual year in many ways, but since I would be the senior judge we had assumed I would be the next chief. North Carolina Court of Appeals Judges Biographies. Some who have worked for years in GOP politics. The messages say an attorney who clerked for Berger and two other Court of Appeals judges was among those passed over. The online investitures did allow us to do the event safely and for all five new judges in a reasonable time, coordinating all the pieces of it on Webex. .mw-body #mw-content-text th.votebox-results-cell--text { I am also on the Family Court Advisory Commission, and I was a Family Court judge. a[aria-expanded=true] .fa-chevron-right { display: none; } .widget-row.Green { Incumbent Donna Stroud defeated Beth Freshwater Smith in the Republican primary for North Carolina Court of Appeals on May 17, 2022.
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