/Courts/Appellate/Appeal/Biographies/images/Bios/stroud.jpg Office: PO Box 888, Raleigh, North Carolina 27602Phone: (919) 831-3680E-Mail: sdj@coa.state.nc.us * Denotes past membership/participationBorn in Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, June 28, 1964.Married to J. Wilson Stroud, 1986. Two sons, Aaron, age 15, and Isaac, age 11. Member of Zebulon Baptist Church, Zebulon, North Carolina. Campbell University School of Law, Buies Creek, North Carolina, 1985-1988 Juris Doctor (J.D.) magna cum laude, 1988 Ranked first in class for each year of law school and upon graduation (Law School Honors and Activities: Campbell University Law Review, Candidate member and Notes and Comments Editor; Branch Banking and Trust Estate Planning Award; Campbell Law Observer case summary writer; Research Assistant for Dean F. Leary Davis and Professor Thomas Anderson) Campbell University– Buies Creek, North Carolina, 1982-1985 B.A, Government, summa cum laude, 1985 Kinston High School, Kinston, North Carolina, 1982 Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals, Raleigh, North Carolina, January 2, 2007-present (Elected in 2006) Judge, Wake County District Court (10th Judicial District), Raleigh, North Carolina, 2004-2006 (Elected in 2004) Private practice of Law, 1988 - 2004 Gay, Stroud & Jackson, L.L.P., Zebulon, North Carolina, 1995-2004 Kirk, Gay, Kirk, Gwynn & Howell, Wendell, North Carolina, 1988-1995 Certified Superior Court Mediator, 1997 - 2004 10th Judicial District Court Arbitrator, 1996-2004 North Carolina Bar Association Wake County Bar Association 10th Judicial District Bar Association North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers* NC Bar Association, Law School Liaison Committee NC Bar Association, Bench-Bar Liaison Committee Wake County Bar Association, Bench-Bar Liaison Committee* Admitted to North Carolina Bar, 1988 Admitted to United States District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina, 1991 Certified Superior Court Mediator, 1997 Sir Walter Cabinet Wendell Chamber of Commerce, President, 1994 Wendell Chamber of Commerce, Director, 1990-1993 Zebulon Junior Woman’s Club, 1995-2001 President, Zebulon Junior Woman’s Club, 2000-2001 Zebulon Woman’s Club, 2002-2004 Zebulon Baptist Church- Sunday School teacher, administrative deacon, trustee, Sanctuary Choir, handbell choir Zebulon Parks and Recreation Youth Sports Sponsor*