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Former Partner Toby Hampson Takes Oath of Office

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Wyrick Robbins is pleased to congratulate former partner and Appellate Practice Group Leader Toby Hampson on taking his oath of office on the North Carolina Court of Appeals. On Friday, January 11, Judge Toby Hampson became the newest member of the North Carolina Court of Appeals at a special court session presided over by Judge Linda McGee.

The Court of Appeals is the state’s intermediate appellate court. The court has 15 judges who serve eight-year terms and hear cases in panels of three. The court is led by a Chief Judge who is appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The Court of Appeals decides only questions of law in cases appealed from superior and district courts and from some administrative agencies of the Executive Branch.

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