Allison Riggs | |
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Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court | |
Assumed office September 11, 2023 | |
Appointed by | Roy Cooper |
Preceded by | Michael R. Morgan |
Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals | |
In office January 1, 2023 – September 11, 2023 | |
Appointed by | Roy Cooper |
Preceded by | Richard Dietz |
Succeeded by | Carolyn Thompson |
Personal details | |
Born | 1980 or 1981 (age 43–44) |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | University of Florida (BA, MA, JD) |
Allison Jean Riggs (born 1980 or 1981)[1] is an American state court judge. She was appointed by Governor Roy Cooper to the North Carolina Court of Appeals,[2] and later to the North Carolina Supreme Court.[3]
Riggs has served as co-leader of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice in Durham, North Carolina, and has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in a Texas redistricting case in 2018 and a North Carolina redistricting case in 2019.[4] [5]