John Arrowood Judge Judge John Arrowood biography, judge, arrowood /Courts/Appellate/Appeal/Biographies/Biography.asp?Name=Arrowood /Courts/Appellate/Appeal/Biographies/images/Bios/Arrowood.jpg Date of birth: November 4, 1956
Residence: Charlotte, North CarolinaBorn in Burnsville, N.C. on November 4, 1956 to Francis John Arrowood and Margie Towe Arrowood. When parents died in 1972, moved to Lenoir, N.C. to live with brother and sister-in-law, Jerry and Margie Arrowood and his niece Melissa.

Member of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Charlotte, N.C.

  • Delegate to Diocesan Convention for the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina (2006-2008)
  • Outreach Commission (1999-2001)

Hudson High School, Hudson, N.C.

  • Honors Graduate, 1975

Catawba College, Salisbury, N.C.

  • Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, 1979,
  • Alpha Chi National Honor Society,
  • Whitener Award (Most Outstanding Male Senior 1979),
  • Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities,
  • Vice-President Student Government.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law, Chapel Hill, N.C.

  • Juris Doctor (1982);
  • Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity, Exchequer (1981-1982).
  • Associate Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals (Appointed by Governor Michael F. Easley and assumed office on September 7, 2007).
  • Special Superior Court Judge, Twenty-sixth Judicial District of North Carolina, 2007.
  • James, McElroy & Diehl, P.A., 1989-2007 (Partner 1992-2007). Practice involving complex commercial and civil litigation.
  • Staff Attorney/Senior Staff Attorney/Staff Director, North Carolina Court of Appeals, 1983-1985 and 1986-1989.
  • Research Assistant to Judge (later Chief Judge) Gerald Arnold, North Carolina Court of Appeals, 1985-1986.
  • Wilson, Palmer & Cannon, P.A., Lenoir, North Carolina, 1982-1983.
  • North Carolina State Bar Admitted 1982
  • United States Supreme Court
  • Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Western, Middle and Eastern Districts of the United States District Court of North Carolina
  • North Carolina Bar Association
    • Awarded Outstanding Young Lawyer
    • Young Lawyer Division (1988-1989) American Bar Association
  • Mecklenburg County Bar
    • 2006 Law and Society Committee
  • Wake County Bar Association
  • North Carolina Railroad Board of Directors (2001-2007)
  • North Carolina Arts Council (2003-2007)
  • North Carolina Banking Commission (1995-2001)
  • North Carolina Rules Review Commission (1999-2001)
  • Attorney General’s Advisory Commission on Statutes (1995)
  • North Carolina Election Law Review Commission (1994-1995)
  • Mint Museum of Art
    • Board of Trustees (1998-2004, 2006-2007)
    • Advisory Board (2004-2006, 2007 - present)
  • Leadership Charlotte Class XVIII
  • Charlotte Center for Urban Ministries, Inc.,
    • Board of Directors (1995-1997)