Chris Dillon

Chris Dillon
Judge Dillon at the NC Court of Appeals in Raleigh, NC.
Chief Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals
Assumed office
January 1, 2024
Appointed byPaul Martin Newby
Preceded byDonna Stroud
Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals
Assumed office
January 1, 2013
Preceded byCressie Thigpen
Personal details
Born
Robert Christopher Dillon

1965 (age 58–59)
Raleigh, North Carolina
Political partyRepublican
SpouseAnn Finley
Children5
EducationNeedham Broughton High School
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BS, JD)

Robert Christopher "Chris" Dillon (born 1965) is a North Carolina attorney and judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Dillon won election to the appellate court in a statewide race on Nov. 6, 2012, when he defeated incumbent Cressie Thigpen.[1] Dillon won re-election on Nov. 3, 2020 over challenger Gray Styers.