NORTH CAROLINA -- Gov. Roy Cooper announced on Tuesday that Cheri Beasley will be the first black female chief justice in state history.
- Beasley is replacing Mark Martin, who is leaving to become the dean of the Regent University Law School
- The chief justice is the first among equals on the N.C. Supreme Court, and also administers the N.C. Judicial Branch
- Beasley will be joining three other female chief justices
Beasley is replacing Mark Martin, who is leaving to become the dean of the Regent University Law School in Virginia.
The chief justice is the first among equals on the N.C. Supreme Court, and also administers the N.C. Judicial Branch, one of the titular heads of state government.
She attended the University of Tennessee Law School and Duke Law School.
After that, she served as an associate justice for the N.C. Supreme Court from 2012 until the present.
Beasley will be joining three other female chief justices: Susie Sharpe, Rhoda Billings, and Sarah Parker.
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