Cheri Beasley | |
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29th Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court | |
In office March 1, 2019 – December 31, 2020 | |
Appointed by | Roy Cooper |
Preceded by | Mark Martin |
Succeeded by | Paul Martin Newby |
Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court | |
In office December 12, 2012 – March 1, 2019 | |
Appointed by | Bev Perdue |
Preceded by | Patricia Timmons-Goodson |
Succeeded by | Mark A. Davis |
Personal details | |
Born | Cheri Lynn Beasley February 14, 1966 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Curtis Owens |
Children | 2 |
Education | Rutgers University–New Brunswick (BA) University of Tennessee (JD) Duke University (LLM) |
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Website | Official website |
Cheri Lynn Beasley[1] (born February 14, 1966) is an American attorney and jurist who served as the chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 2019 to 2020; she was appointed an associate justice in 2012. Beasley previously served on the North Carolina Court of Appeals and as a district court judge in Cumberland County, North Carolina.[2]
Beasley was the Democratic nominee in the 2022 United States Senate election in North Carolina. She lost to Republican nominee Ted Budd.[3][4]