/Courts/Appellate/Appeal/Biographies/images/Bios/wynn.jpg Born and reared in Robersonville, North Carolina (Gold Point Community of Martin County). Parents: James, Sr. and Naomi Wynn (deceased).Wife: Jacqueline Dee (Rollins); Three sons: Javius, Conlan and Jaeander; Deacon, Providence Missionary Baptist Church, Robersonville, NC. University of Virginia School of Law, Master of Laws, 1995; Marquette University Law School,Juris Doctorate, 1979; UNC-Chapel Hill, BA, Journalism, 1975; Robersonville High School, 1972; Naval Justice School, Newport, RI, UCMJ Art. 27(b) Certification, 1979; UCMJ Arts 42(a) and (b) Military Judge Certification, 2000. Associate Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court, 1998; Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals, 1990-1998 and 1999-present; Fitch, Butterfield & Wynn, Attorneys at Law, Wilson and Greenville, NC, 1984-90; North Carolina Assistant Appellate Defender, 1983-84; U.S. Navy JAG Corps, Naval Legal Service Office, Norfolk Naval Base, 1979-83. Certified Military Trial Judge, U.S. Navy Reserves, 2000-present American Bar Association Chair, Judicial Division (2007-present) Chair, Appellate Judge’s Conference (2003-2004) Joint Commission to Evaluate Model Code of Judicial Conduct (2003-2007) Member, World Justice Commission (2007-present) ABA House of Delegates, (2004-present) Standing Committee on Judicial Independence (2001-2005) Standing Committee on Minorities in the Judiciary (2000-present) Chair, Working Group on1st Amendment and Judicial Speech (2002-03) Standing Committee on State Judicial Selection Standards (2001-03) National Conference of Uniform State Laws Executive Committee (2002-2005) Scope and Program Committee (2005-present) Drafting Committee on Revised Uniform Arbitration Act Division Chair(2007-present) Drafting Committee on Uniform Tort Apportionment Act Drafting Committee on Genetic Misuse Act American Law Institute Justice at Stake Campaign, Washington, D.C. Vice Chair, Board of Directors (2005-present) North Carolina Bar Association Past Vice-President Bench Bar Liaison Committee Chair, Program Committee forBrown v. Bd. of Education 50th Anniversary North Carolina State Bar Trustee, North Carolina Interest on Lawyer Trust Account (IOLTA) Committee (2003-2006) North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers Judicial Council Pitt Community College, Greenville, North Carolina Former, Trustee Wisconsin State Bar 2004 – Marquette University “All University Alumni Merit Award”. 2002 – Marquette University School Of Law “Hallows Fellow and Visiting Scholar”; 1996 – General Baptist Convention Martin Luthur King Achievement Award; 1995 – Warren Burger Scholarship for John Marshall Harlan Symposium on Comparative Law in England and Scotland; 1995 - NC Academy of Trial Lawyers Appellate Judge of the Year; United States Navy, Judge Advocate General Corps, Present Rank - Captain (O6) Active duty: 1979-83; Active Reserve: 1983- present; Certified Military Judge, Articles 42(a) and (b) Former reserve leadershipassignments: Commanding Officer, Navy Reserve Judicial Unit Staff Judge Advocate, Naval Reserve Readiness Command Six, Washington, DC; Commanding Officer, Civil Law Support Activity, Atlanta, GA; Commanding Officer, NR LSO, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida; Executive Officer, NR CINLANTFLT 206, Norfolk, VA; Executive Officer, NR Legal Service Office, Norfolk, Virginia. Decorations: Meritorious Service Medal (Three Awards); Navy Commendation Medal (Two Awards); Naval Reserve Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Global War on Terrorism Medal. “Judging the Judges,” Marquette University Law Review, 86 Marq.L.Rev. 753, Spring 2003 Selection of State Judges”, Federalist Society Symposium, 22 U.Tol.L.Rev. 287, Winter 2002 “Judicial Diversity: Where Independence and Accountability Meet”, 67 Alb. L. Rev 775, 2004 “Ground to Stand on: Charles Hamilton Houston’s Legal Foundation for Dr. King, 9 N.C. Bar. J. (2004). "State v. Mann, Judicial Choice vs. Judicial Duty", - N.C.L. Rev - (Spring 2008) "The Case for Judicial Public Financing", - Ark.L.Rev. - (Spring 2008) “Critics, Apologists, and Revisionists: Transparency and Other Virtures of Brown’s Footnote Eleven” – Work in Progress, completion by Spring 2009.