Allison Riggs

Allison Riggs
Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Assumed office
September 11, 2023
Appointed byRoy Cooper
Preceded byMichael R. Morgan
Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals
In office
January 1, 2023 – September 11, 2023
Appointed byRoy Cooper
Preceded byRichard Dietz
Succeeded byCarolyn Thompson
Personal details
Born1980 or 1981 (age 43–44)
Political partyDemocratic
EducationUniversity 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]

  1. ^ "North Carolina governor appoints Democrat to fill Supreme Court vacancy". AP News. 11 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Governor Cooper Announces Judicial Appointment | NC Gov. Cooper". governor.nc.gov.
  3. ^ "Governor Cooper Announces Two Judicial Appointments | NC Gov. Cooper". governor.nc.gov.
  4. ^ "Voting rights lawyer to fill North Carolina appeals court seat". WUNC. 16 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Unrig the Courts".