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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 Honorable Arnold O. Jones II is the Senior Resident Superior Court Judge of District 8-B. Judge Jones received his Juris Doctorate from Wake Forest University School of Law and his undergraduate B. S. degree in Business Administration from UNC Chapel Hill. He was elected to an eight-year term in 2008. Prior to serving on the Superior Court Bench, Judge Jones was in the private practice of law for 17 years.
 
  
 
   
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