Phil Berger Jr.
Phil Berger | |
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Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court | |
Assumed office January 1, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Paul Martin Newby |
Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals | |
In office January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2020 | |
Preceded by | Linda Stephens |
Succeeded by | Darren Jackson |
Personal details | |
Born | March 26, 1972 |
Political party | Republican |
Relatives | Philip E. Berger (father) |
Education | University of North Carolina, Wilmington (BA) Wake Forest University (KD) |
Philip Berger Jr. (born March 26, 1972) is an American attorney and jurist, currently serving as an Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Berger was elected to a seat on the North Carolina Court of Appeals in 2016, defeating incumbent Judge Linda Stephens.[1] In the 2020 North Carolina judicial elections, while still serving on that court, he was elected as a Republican to an eight-year term to begin January 1, 2021, as a justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, taking the seat formerly held by Justice Paul Martin Newby and defeating a fellow Court of Appeals Judge Lucy Inman.[2]
Berger formerly served as district attorney in Rockingham County, North Carolina and as an administrative law judge. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Congress in 2014. His father is North Carolina Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger.
References[]
- ^ Independent Weekly
- ^ Matt Mercer, Berger wins seat on N.C. Supreme Court, nsjonline.com, November 5, 2020
- 1972 births
- 21st-century American judges
- District attorneys in North Carolina
- Justices of the North Carolina Supreme Court
- Living people
- North Carolina Court of Appeals judges
- North Carolina Republicans
- Wake Forest University School of Law alumni