Robert Neal "Bob" Hunter, Jr. (born March 30, 1947) is a
North Carolina lawyer and retired jurist formerly serving on the
North Carolina Court of Appeals and on the
North Carolina Supreme Court.
A graduate of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and its law school, Hunter is a former chairman of the state board of elections (1985–1989) and a former deputy
Attorney General of North Carolina. He was elected to the Court of Appeals in
2008
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, defeating incumbent
John S. Arrowood
John S. Arrowood (born November 4, 1956) is an American attorney and judge. In April 2017, Arrowood was appointed to the North Carolina Court of Appeals by Governor Roy Cooper, to replace Judge Doug McCullough, a Republican who resigned one mon ...
and receiving 54% of the statewide vote.
Hunter was a candidate for the
North Carolina Supreme Court in
2014
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. Gov.
Pat McCrory appointed Hunter to the Supreme Court, effective Sept. 6, and continuing through December 2014, to fill the vacancy created by
Mark Martin's elevation to the position of chief justice. Court of Appeals Judge
Sam J. Ervin IV
Samuel James Ervin IV (born November 18, 1955) is a North Carolina lawyer and jurist who served on the North Carolina Supreme Court from 2015 to 2022. He previously served as a state Utilities Commissioner and as a judge of the North Carolina Cou ...
defeated Hunter in the November election for a full term. Gov. McCrory then appointed Hunter to fill Ervin's Court of Appeals seat, effective Jan. 1, 2015.
Hunter has also served as an adjunct professor at
North Carolina Central University School of Law,
Wake Forest University School of Law,
Elon University School of Law, and the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Hunter received the McNeill Smith Constitutional Rights and Responsibilities Section Award from the North Carolina Bar Association in 2013.
NC Bar Association
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See also
*Robert C. Hunter
Robert Carl "Bob" Hunter (born January 14, 1944) is an American jurist, who served as a Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals from 1998 through 2014.
Hunter, born in Marion, North Carolina, earned a degree in political science from the U ...
, a similarly named fellow judge of North Carolina Court System's Appellate Division
References
External links
Official Supreme Court siteNews & Observer profile page
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Living people
1947 births
North Carolina lawyers
North Carolina Republicans
North Carolina Court of Appeals judges
Justices of the North Carolina Supreme Court
University of North Carolina School of Law alumni