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Challengers try for court of appeals, judicial seats

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Staff

by Taylor Sisk
Staff Writer

Two challengers and the incumbent are running for the North Carolina Court of Appeals seat presently held by Jim Wynn. Wynn, a Cary resident, was first elected to the Court of Appeals in 1990. He served as an associate justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court in 1998. Jewel Ann Farlow is a Gibsonville private-practice attorney. Dean R. Poirier lives in Mount Olive, is an appeals referee and has worked as an adjunct instructor of law at Mount Olive College, North Carolina Wesleyan College, Kaplan University and Liberty University.

Three candidates are challenging John Tyson for the Court of Appeals seat he presently holds. Tyson lives in Cumberland County. He has served on the Court of Appeals since 2000 and is an adjunct professor of law at Campbell University. Sam J. Ervin IV (grandson of the late Sen. Sam Ervin) of Morganton is a member of the North Carolina Utilities Commission and an attorney. Janet Pueschel is a Raleigh attorney who has served as the Wake County clerk of Superior Court and as a judge of probate. New Hill resident Kristin Ruth is a district court judge for Wake County.

Four seats are available for district court judge in N.C. District 15B covering Orange and Chatham counties. Only one of those seats, however, attracted enough candidates to require a primary. Three candidates are vying for the seat presently held by Pat Devine, who’s not seeking re-election.

Glenn Gerding practices law in Orange and Chatham counties. He previously served as an assistant public defender in Orange County. Lamar F. Proctor Jr. of Efland is an assistant district attorney in Orange County who previously served as a prosecutor in Brooklyn. Chapel Hill resident Page Vernon has served as a prosecutor in Orange and Chatham counties and has worked as a defense attorney and a civil-trial lawyer and as an advocate for children and abused women.

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