Mark A. Davis

Mark Allen Davis (born October 25, 1966)[1][2] is a North Carolina attorney and jurist, serving as an Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 2019 until 2020. Davis previously served as a Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals.

Mark A. Davis
Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
In office
April 8, 2019 – December 31, 2020
Appointed byRoy Cooper
Preceded byCheri Beasley
Succeeded byTamara P. Barringer
Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals
In office
January 2013 – March 11, 2019
Appointed byBeverly Perdue
Preceded byCheri Beasley
Personal details
Born
Mark Allen Davis

(1966-10-25) October 25, 1966
Jacksonville, North Carolina
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill (BA, JD)
Duke University School of Law (LLM)

Education and early career

Following receipt of his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Davis earned his J.D. degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law where he was a member of the North Carolina Law Review.[3] He served as a law clerk for U.S. District Judge Franklin Dupree in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.[4] From 2006 until 2011, Davis was a special deputy attorney general. He also spent 13 years in private practice.[5]

Judicial experience

Davis was appointed by Governor Beverly Perdue to serve as a Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, taking office in January 2013. He was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by Judge Cheri Beasley's appointment to the North Carolina Supreme Court. Davis served as Gov. Perdue's General Counsel for the last two years of her term in office.

On March 11, 2019, Governor Roy Cooper appointed Davis to again fill a seat left vacant by Cheri Beasley. After Gov. Cooper appointed Beasley as Chief Justice, he appointed Davis to fill her seat as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.[6]

Writings
  • A Warren Court of Our Own: The Exum Court and the Expansion of Individual Rights in North Carolina (Carolina Academic Press 2019)[7]

References
  1. North Carolina birth index
  2. Official NC Court of Appeals Biography
  3. Press release: Gov. Perdue Today Announced Four Judicial Appointments. Accessed January 2, 2013.
  4. Press release: Governor Perdue Appoints New Advisers. Accessed January 2, 2013.
  5. WRAL: Outgoing NC Governor appoints 4 new judges
  6. Gov. Cooper Names Supreme Court Associate Justice
  7. Duke Law School: Justice Mark A. Davis LLM’18 started a thesis and ended up with a book
Legal offices
Preceded by
Cheri Beasley		 Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
2019–present		 Incumbent
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