Robin Elizabeth Hudson (born February 20, 1952) is an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the

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Early life and education

Born in

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, after studying

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and

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Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

, Hudson earned a J.D. degree from the

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in 1976.

Career

Except for three years as a state appellate defender, Hudson worked in private practice in

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and

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until 2000, when she was elected to the

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—the first woman to be elected to an appellate court in North Carolina without being appointed first. She is married and has two children, Emily and Charles. Hudson was elected to the

seat of retiring Justice George Wainwright in November 2006. She took office in January 2007. Hudson was re-elected to the Court in November 2014. She chose not to run for another term in

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, as she would have reached the state's mandatory retirement age about 13 months into that term. In 2009, Hudson became president of the Women's Forum of North Carolina. Hudson wrote the Supreme Court's 2022 opinion striking down the state legislature's congressional and legislative districts as excessively partisan

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Electoral history

2014

2006

2000

References

External links

Official biography

News & Observer biography

NC State Supreme Court Campaign Website
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