Eric L. Levinson

Eric L. Levinson is an American jurist, lawyer, and diplomat. He served on the North Carolina Court of Appeals and the North Carolina Superior Court. He also was the Justice Attache to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.

Levinson was a North Carolina prosecutor and an N.C. District and Family Court Judge before his election to the North Carolina Court of Appeals in 2002. In 2007, Levinson resigned from the Court of Appeals, accepting a Bush administration appointment as the Justice Attache to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq with the United States Department of Justice.[1] In 2009, North Carolina Governor. Beverly Perdue appointed Levinson to the North Carolina Superior Court.[2]

In 2006 and 2014, he unsuccessfully sought a seat on the Supreme Court of North Carolina.[3]

  1. ^ "N.C. judge to take Justice Department job in Iraq". The Winston-Salem Journal. September 27, 2007. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ WRAL: Perdue names ex-appeals judge to Superior Court[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Gordon, Michael (October 23, 2013). "Mecklenburg judge Levinson seeks Supreme Court seat again". Charlotte Observe. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2023 – via Internet Archive.