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'''Robert Holt Edmunds, Jr.''' (b. [[17 April]] [[1949]]) is an [[United States|American]] judge, currently an Associate Justice of the [[North Carolina Supreme Court]].
'''Robert Holt Edmunds, Jr.''' (b. [[April 17]], [[1949]]) is an [[United States|American]] judge, currently an Associate Justice of the [[North Carolina Supreme Court]].


Born in [[Danville, Virginia]], Edmunds moved to [[Greensboro, North Carolina]] at the age of 8. He attended [[Woodberry Forest School]] and [[Williams College]] before graduating from [[Vassar College]] with a degree in English. Edmunds earned his law degree from the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] in [[1975]], after which he served two years in the [[United States Navy]]. After working as a district attorney in [[Guilford County, North Carolina]], Edmunds was a United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina from [[1982]] to [[1993]]. In [[1993]], Edmunds left to enter private practice, but was elected to the [[North Carolina Court of Appeals]] in [[1999]]. He was elected to the state Supreme Court in [[2000]].
Born in [[Danville, Virginia]], Edmunds moved to [[Greensboro, North Carolina]] at the age of 8. He attended [[Woodberry Forest School]] and [[Williams College]] before graduating from [[Vassar College]] with a degree in English. Edmunds earned his law degree from the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] in [[1975]], after which he served two years in the [[United States Navy]].
After working as a district attorney in [[Guilford County, North Carolina]], Edmunds served as a [[United States Attorney]] for the Middle District of North Carolina from [[1982]] to [[1993]]. In [[1993]], Edmunds left to enter private practice, joining the firm Stern & Klepfer. He was elected to the [[North Carolina Court of Appeals]] in [[1999]]. In [[2000]], he was elected to the North Carolina Supreme Court.

Justice Edmunds has written numerous legal articles, most recently "How Can You Defend These People?" for the North Carolina State Bar Journal in the fall of 2003.

==External Links==

*[http://www.nccourts.org/Courts/Appellate/Supreme/Biographies/Biography.asp?Name=Edmunds Official North Carolina Supreme Court Biography of Justice Robert Edmunds]


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Revision as of 21:11, 14 July 2005

Robert Holt Edmunds, Jr. (b. April 17, 1949) is an American judge, currently an Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.

Born in Danville, Virginia, Edmunds moved to Greensboro, North Carolina at the age of 8. He attended Woodberry Forest School and Williams College before graduating from Vassar College with a degree in English. Edmunds earned his law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1975, after which he served two years in the United States Navy.

After working as a district attorney in Guilford County, North Carolina, Edmunds served as a United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina from 1982 to 1993. In 1993, Edmunds left to enter private practice, joining the firm Stern & Klepfer. He was elected to the North Carolina Court of Appeals in 1999. In 2000, he was elected to the North Carolina Supreme Court.

Justice Edmunds has written numerous legal articles, most recently "How Can You Defend These People?" for the North Carolina State Bar Journal in the fall of 2003.