Linda Stephens Judge biography, judge, stephens /Courts/Appellate/Appeal/Biographies/Biography.asp?Name=??? /Courts/Appellate/Appeal/Biographies/images/Bios/stephens.jpg Born in Woodruff, South Carolina, November 13, 1950. Married to Judge Donald W. Stephens on August 15, 1980. Woodruff High School, Woodruff, South Carolina, 1969, valedictorian; University of South Carolina, BA, Magna Cum Laude, 1973; University of North Carolina School of Law, JD, 1979.

• Appointed Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals by Governor Michael Easley, 2006-present
• Teague, Campbell, Dennis & Gorham, LLP, 1984-2006 (Associate 1984-1988, Partner 1989-2006)
• Deputy Commissioner, North Carolina Industrial Commission, 1980-1984
• Law Clerk, North Carolina Court of Appeals, 1979-1980

• North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, 1993-2006 (Director 1993-1996; Secretary 1997-1999; Executive Vice President 1999-2000; President-Elect 2000-2001; President 2001-2002)
• Chair, North Carolina Defense Fund, 2002-2005
• Chair, North Carolina State Bar Workers’ Compensation Specialization Committee, 2003-2005
• North Carolina State Liaison, Defense Research Institute, Workers’ Compensation Section 1998-2005
• Wake County Bar Association
• North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys
• North Carolina Bar Association
• United States Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit
• United States District Court Eastern District of North Carolina
• United States District Court Western District of North Carolina

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Workers’ Compensation Section, 1995-2006
• North Carlina “Super” Lawyer Recognition 2006 (Top 50 Female Lawyers)
• 2002 Recipient of Defense Research Institute’s Fred H. Sievert Outstanding Defense Bar Leader Award
• Life Member, National Registry of Who’s Who
• Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award, 1973
• Phi Beta Kappa, Woman of the Year Award, 1972

• Board of Directors, Safe Haven for Cats
• Former member, Board of Directors, Wake County SPCA