Rick Elmore is an American judge who previously served as a judge of the

North Carolina Court of Appeals The North Carolina Court of Appeals (in case citation, N.C. Ct. App.) is the only intermediate appellate court in the state of North Carolina. It is composed of fifteen members who sit in rotating panels of three. The Court of Appeals was created ...

. Elmore earned his undergraduate degree in 1974 from

Guilford College Guilford College is a private liberal arts college in Greensboro, North Carolina. Guilford has both traditional students and students who attend its Center for Continuing Education (CCE). Founded in 1837 by members of the Religious Society of ...

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, and worked for the North Carolina Department of Correction before earning his

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(J.D.) degree from

North Carolina Central University North Carolina Central University (NCCU or NC Central) is a public historically black university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by James E. Shepard in affiliation with the Chautauqua movement in 1909, it was supported by private funds from b ...

in 1982. He practiced law in

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for twenty years before being elected to an eight-year term on the North Carolina Court of Appeals in

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as a Republican. Elmore chose not to run for a third term in 2018.News & Observer
/ref> He is divorced and has two children.

References

External links

Elmore official campaign site

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