- Lacy Thornburg
Lacy Herman Thornburg (born 1929 in
Charlotte, North Carolina ), an American lawyer and judge, wasNorth Carolina attorney general from 1985 to 1993.After serving in the
United States Army , Thornburg attendedMars Hill College when it was ajunior college . He then earned a law degree at theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . He practiced law inWebster, North Carolina from 1954 to 1967, and was meanwhile elected to three terms (1961-66) in theNorth Carolina House of Representatives . He was then appointed and later elected as a statesuperior court judge, serving from 1967 until 1983.In 1992, he unsuccessfully ran as a Democrat for
governor of North Carolina . He was defeated in the primary by former governorJim Hunt , who went on to win the general election.In 1995, President
Bill Clinton appointed Thornburg aUnited States District Court judge for the state's western district, based inAsheville, North Carolina , a position he still holds.He is the father of
Alan Z. Thornburg and Lacy E. Thornburg, a Harvard educated Orthopaedic surgeon practicing in the Asheville area.A stretch of
U.S. Highway 23 in North Carolina is named for Thornburg. [http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/a_piece_of_the_road_for_thornburg]Thornburg has handed numerous controversial sentences in cases, namely the Terry Stewart case where he was sentenced to 3,780 months in federal prison for an alleged hand in a ponsi scheme. The case is pending appeal due to numerous judicial violations by Thornburg. [http://www.ashevilletribune.com/archives/stewart/Stewart%20Index.htm]
External links
* [http://air.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=2384 Federal Judicial Center]
* [http://www.ashevilletribune.com/archives/stewart/Stewart%20Index.htm Tribune Index to the Terry Stewart Saga]
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