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Beverly Scarlett
Beverly Scarlett grew up in Hillsborough, opened a law practice in a rented room there after passing the bar, and worked for years as an assistant district attorney for Orange and Chatham counties. She then took a new district court seat, becoming Orange County's first African American district court judge.
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- Beverly Scarlett is sworn in as a district court judge for Orange and Chatham counties Appointed by Governor Mike Easley on January 19, 2007, Scarlett was sworn in to a new District 15B seat added for the growing caseload. She was Orange County's…Search the index · Ballotpedia: Beverly Scarlett
- Governor Cooper appoints Joal Broun a district court judge for Orange and Chatham counties Broun was appointed to the District 15B seat vacated by Judge Beverly Scarlett. She was then director of the lobbying compliance division at the North Carolina… People: Beverly ScarlettSearch the index · North Carolina Judicial Branch: Governor Cooper Appoints District Court Judge
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- Background reading · Rebecca Wall Collection Dead and Gone: Classic Crimes of North Carolina Wellman, Manly Wade · 1954 Subjects in the Library of Congress catalog record: Murder -- North Carolina; Crime -- North Carolina OCPL call number: NC 364 WEL
- Background reading · Rebecca Wall Collection Trial of William W. Holden: Governor of North Carolina, Before the Senate of North Carolina, on Impeachment by the House of Representatives for High Crimes and Misdeameanors Holden, W. W. · 1871 Subjects in the OCPL catalog record: Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- North Carolina OCPL call number: NC 973.8 TRI
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