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Image StarSenior Resident Superior Court Judge Carl R. Fox
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Superior Court Judges
 
There are two Superior Court Judges in Judicial District 15-B, which is comprised of Orange and Chatham Counties. The Senior Resident Superior Court Judge is Carl R. Fox, and R. Allen Baddour is the other Resident Superior Court Judge. Both judges may be assigned to hold court in Orange and Chatham counties, or in any of the other judicial districts in North Carolina. For the first half of 2007, Judge Fox is assigned to Judicial District 9 (Franklin, Vance, Warren, and Granville Counties) and Judge Baddour is assigned to Judicial District 15A (Alamance County). The second half of 2007 has Judge Fox in District 14 (Durham County) and Judge Baddour in District 10 (Wake County).

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.

 
  
 
   
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