Charles Becton

[[File:File:Becton2.jpg]]Charles L. Becton is an attorney, former judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, and as of 2008, president of the North Carolina Bar Association. Becton is the first A African-American to hold the post).

A native of Morehead City, North Carolina, Becton spent his formative years in Ayden. Becton was educated at Howard University (B.A., 1966), Duke University School of Law (Juris Doctor, 1969), and the University of Virginia School of Law (LL.M., 1986).

Gov. Jim Hunt appointed Becton to the N.C. Court of Appeals in January 1981 to replace Richard Erwin.^[1] He was then elected to complete the remaining two years of the unexpired term in 1982, and elected in 1984 to a full eight-year term. He resigned in 1990 to go into private personal injury practice. Becton has also taught at the University of North Carolina School of Law and at the Duke University School of Law.

References

1. ^ Quiet revolution in the South By Chandler Davidson, Bernard Grofman

• News & Observer: Becton to represent state's lawyers (June 21, 2008)
• Becton, Slifkin & Bell website
• NCBA: Charles Becton Chosen NCBA President-Elect (2007)
• NCBA Biography

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