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Associate Justice Mike Morgan Installed at Supreme Court

Justice Mike Morgan has been formally invested as associate justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina.

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Justice Mike Morgan has been formally invested as associate justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina during a swearing-in ceremony in the Supreme Court courtroom on Wednesday, January 4. He is the 99th associate justice of the Supreme Court.

Dignitaries attending the ceremony included Governor Roy Cooper, Attorney General Joshua Stein, former chief justices, and all three branches of state government.

Justice Michael R. "Mike" Morgan has served as a judge for more than 27 years spanning three different judgeships, including five years as a North Carolina administrative law judge, a district court judge in Wake County from 1994 to 2004, and a superior court judge since 2005. He is a member of the N.C. Equal Access to Justice Commission, serves on the Racial and Ethnic Bias Consortium, and is a veteran faculty member of the National Judicial College.

A native of New Bern, Justice Morgan also previously served as assistant attorney general for the N.C. Department of Justice. He graduated from Duke University, and earned his juris doctor (J.D.) from North Carolina Central University School of Law.

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