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Superior Court Judges
 
Superior Court Judges are attorneys who are elected for each district in non-partisan elections for eight-year terms. Regular superior court judges must reside in the district in which they are elected, but rotate from one district to another within their division.

Special and emergency judges may also be assigned to particular judicial districts by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. The Senior Resident Superior Court Judge has the most seniority of the superior court judges in the district and is responsible for carrying out various administrative duties.

The Superior Court has jurisdiction in both civil and criminal cases. Generally, civil cases involving more than $10,000 in money and a few special categories of cases, such as those involving appeals from administrative agencies and constitutional issues, are tried in Superior Court. In criminal cases, the Superior Court has exclusive jurisdiction over all felonies and over misdemeanors appealed from a conviction in District Court.

The Senior Resident Superior Court Judge is Robert P. Johnston. Judge Johnston received his law degree from Stanford Law School in Palo Alto, California. Before serving on the Superior Court, he was in private practice for eight years with a Charlotte firm and was a District Court Judge for eight years. Judge Johnston retired as a Colonel after 32 years in the U.S. Army Reserve. He has been very active in the Mecklenburg County Bar and served as President of the Mecklenburg County Bar Foundation. He has served on the Superior Court since 1991.

Additional Superior Court Judges are:
    Hon. W. Robert Bell
    Hon. Richard D. Boner
    Hon. J. Gentry Caudill
    Hon. David S. Cayer
    Hon. Yvonne Mims Evans
    Hon. Linwood O. Foust
    Hon. Albert Diaz,Special Superior Court Judge
    Hon. Karl Adkins,Special Superior Court Judge
 
  
 
   
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