Lucy Noble Inman (born 1961) is a judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals and formerly served as a special North Carolina Superior Court judge. She won election to the appellate court in a statewide race on November 4, 2014.[1][2]
Lucy Inman | |
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| Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals | |
| In office 2015 – December 31, 2022 | |
| Succeeded by | Julee Tate Flood |
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| Born | 1961 (age 62–63) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | North Carolina State University (BA) University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (JD) |
| Website | Campaign website |
Early life edit
Inman is the daughter of author Lucy Daniels, the granddaughter of former White House Press Secretary Jonathan W. Daniels, and the great-granddaughter of Navy Secretary Josephus Daniels. She was born in Indianapolis, Indiana while her father was working at the Indianapolis Star.[3] The family returned to Raleigh while she was an infant.[4]
Education edit
Inman earned her undergraduate degree from North Carolina State University in 1984 and worked as a newspaper reporter before attending law school at the University of North Carolina School of Law.[5] After earning her J.D. degree in 1990, she clerked for Chief Justice James G. Exum at the North Carolina Supreme Court.[6]
Career edit
Inman was in private practice from 1992 to 2010.[7] She and her husband, Billy Warden, lived in Los Angeles, California from 1992 to 2000,[6] where she practiced civil litigation, concentrating on disputes in commercial, media, and entertainment law.[8] She was recognized for her pro bono work by the California State Bar.[6] Upon returning to North Carolina in 2000, she shifted her practice and spent the next decade representing victims of negligence, fraud and sexual abuse.[9]
In 2010, she was appointed to the superior court as a special judge by Governor Bev Perdue.[10][7] After being appointed to the North Carolina Superior Court, she presided in hearings and jury trials in courthouses across the state. She won election to the Court of Appeals in 2014, defeating District Court Judge Bill Southern in a race to replace retiring Judge Robert C. Hunter.[11] In the 2014 judicial election, she received endorsements from retired North Carolina Chief Justices Henry Frye, James Exum, I. Beverly Lake Jr., and Burley Mitchell.[11]
Before becoming a judge, Inman advocated for mental health services for children and adults in North Carolina. She served on the North Carolina Governor's Advocacy Council for Persons with Disabilities and as a board member of Carolina Legal Assistance and Disability Rights North Carolina.[12]
In January 2019, Inman announced that she was a candidate at the 2020 North Carolina judicial elections for an eight-year term as a justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.[13] In November, she was narrowly defeated by Republican Phil Berger Jr.[14]
In 2022, she again ran for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court, but was defeated by Richard Dietz.[15]
Inman has also served on the boards of the Lucy Daniels Foundation and North Carolinians Against Gun Violence[citation needed] and has chaired the judicial division of the North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys.[16][17] She currently serves on the board of NC BarCARES, a non-profit entity funded by the North Carolina Bar Association that provides confidential mental health and substance abuse treatment for attorneys and judges.[17] She is a member of the National Association of Women Judges and has served on the education committee of the Appellate Judges Education Institute.[6]
Personal life edit
Inman's son, William Warden, has struggled with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia all his life.[18] In January 2020, he pled guilty in Wake County District Court to a misdemeanor charge of ethnic intimidation for threatening a local synagogue in 2018.[18] His attorney read an apology letter from him.[18] The court accepted his guilty plea and ordered him to comply with terms of unsupervised probation for one year, on conditions including that he remain in psychiatric treatment.[18]
References edit
- ^ "NC Court of Appeals: Tyson appears to win in 19-person field". Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- ^ "11/04/2014 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 25, 2014.
- ^ Ledbetter, Les (November 7, 1981). "Jonathan Daniels Is Dead at 79; Editor and an Aide to 2 Presidents". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
- ^ Durham Peoples Alliance Candidate Questionnaire
- ^ N.C. Court of Appeals (Hunter seat) Archived November 5, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d "North Carolina Judicial Branch: Judicial Directory". North Carolina Judicial Branch. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
- ^ a b "About Lucy Inman". Lucy Inman for Justice. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
- ^ Deutsch, Linda (July 17, 1997). "Carroll O'Connor testifies about futile efforts to fight son's addiction". Associated Press. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
- ^ People's Alliance (March 27, 2014). "Lucy Inman 2014 PA-PAC Questionnaire".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Gov. Bev Perdue today appointed Lucy Noble Inman as a special superior court judge". State Archives of North Carolina. March 26, 2010.
- ^ a b "Lucy N. Inman". Ballotpedia. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
- ^ "Spoonface-Inman | Burning Coal Theatre Company". burningcoal.org. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016.
- ^ Doran, Will (January 30, 2019). "Democratic judge Lucy Inman announces 2020 campaign for NC Supreme Court seat". Raleigh News & Observer.
- ^ Matt Mercer, Berger wins seat on N.C. Supreme Court, nsjonline.com, November 5, 2020
- ^ "NC SBE Contest Results". er.ncsbe.gov. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
- ^ "Prior Board of Directors". North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys.
- ^ a b https://www.linkedin.com/in/linman/ [self-published source]
- ^ a b c d Shaffer, Josh (January 15, 2020). "NC judge's son pleads guilty to anti-Semitic threats against a Cary synagogue". Raleigh News & Observer. Retrieved January 22, 2020.