ENDORSEMENTS: NC Police Benevolent Association, NC Fraternal Order of Police, NC Association of Educators, NC Academy of Trial Lawyers, Professional Fire Fighters and Paramedics of NC, NC Association of Women Attorneys, NC AFL-CIO, The Charlotte/Mecklenburg Black Political Caucus, Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People, NC NOW, The Durham People's Alliance, Newspaper Endorsements: Winston-Salem Journal, The Independent Weekly, Greenville Daily Reflector, Wilmington Star, Partial List of Individual Endorsements: Andrew N. Gray, Elizabeth Stewart Poisson, Anna Hamrick, Julie Dews, Bob Warren, Ruth Campbell Smith, Omie R. Fullove, Mark Sternlicht, Kendall D. Powell, Dan Read, Maria Mangano, Paul M. Green, Elizabeth Kuniholm, Holly M. Bryan, Leslie and Elizabeth Wickham, Annette C. Baker, David A. Ball, Guy & Deborah Crabtree, Judy Tseng, Zachary Elder, Elizabeth Phillips, Griffis C. Shuler, Clifford P. Britt, Robert Hayes McNeill, Ellen R. Gelbin, Margaret Walden, Terre L. Yde, Harry Clendenin, J. David James, Margaret Rowlett, Patsy Ellen, Harold Ellen, Eva Ritchey, Gretchen Ryan, Rebecca Carswell, Shirley Diamond, Kathleen A. Hespelt, Dionne Loy Fortner, Leah Broker, Julie Dews, James W. Goldsmith, William B. Smith, Martha Ramsay, Kenneth Schorr, John Cunningham, Edward Garner, Julie H. Fosbinder, Ellen R. Goldberg, Ted Fillette, Terrie Haydu, Mason Thompson Hogan, Leslie Flowers, Grace Rosky, Barbara Von Euler, Nelda Kay Howell, Michael Patrick, Karen Taylor, William Faison, Adrienne E. Allison, Adam Stein, Marsha Jepsen, Florence Glasser, Lynne Townsend Albert, Henry N. Patterson, Harriet T. Herring, William G. Simpson, Eileen Preiss, Lynne Kane, Carol Minton, Constance F. Mullinix, Lolette S. Guthrie, Ann W. Demaine, Alexander Doyne, Emily Fisher, Janet H. Allen, Kiernan Shave, Michael G. Okun, D. Andrew Turman, M. Reid Acree, Sean A.B. Cole, Christine Walczyk, Pete Leary, G. Christopher Olson, Doug Abrams, Thomas E. Barwick, Ann T. Berry, Christina Block Terrell, Jay B. Sable, Anna Stein, Sheila H. Ogle, Rabbi Raachel Jurovics, Anne S. Franklin, Kim Church, Holly Camak, Patrick Balestrieri, Ashley Browning Young, Paul H. Stock, Alice Tejada, William E. Holman, Sandra P. Babb, Betty Sutherland, Ed Ward, James Mauney, Howard Twiggs, Vera Fabian, Carol J. Teal, Gina Tessener, Hoyt Tessener, Melinda L. Baran, Bob Creed, Roni Boberg, Sam Scudder, Sharon Scudder, Lorrin Freeman, Brian F. Davis, Sandra J. Demeree, Michael J. Toohey, Charles R. Hassell, Betty Jo Creed, Linda Leake, Katie & Frank Bricio, Willliam J. Block, Margaret C. Riddle, John Riddle, Marjorie Putnam, Mark A. Perry, Barbara K. Allen, Patricia Hawkins, Sally Scherer, Camille T. McGeachy, Sherri D. Belk, Betty Ann Knudsen, Muriel K. Offerman, Louise Paglen, Jeanette W. Hyde, Karen Gottovi, Philip A. Baddour

Summary Biography

Robin has been serving on the Court of Appeals since she was elected in 2000, as the first woman elected to the North Carolina appellate courts without having been appointed first. Before that, she practiced law for about 25 years, handling civil, criminal and domestic cases, as well as many workers' compensation cases and hundreds of appeals. In 2004, she won the Outstanding Appellate Judge Award presented by the NC Academy of Trial Lawyers. She continues to apply the law impartially in many difficult cases, while looking forward to continued service in the courts. She graduated from Yale in 1973 and UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law in 1976. Robin is married with two grown children.

Judge Hudson with daughter Emily

Detailed Resume and Biography

CURRENT OCCUPATION:  Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals, elected November 2000, sworn in January 2001 to term expiring 12-31-08 (first NC woman elected to appellate division without having been first appointed.)  Coordinator of Court of Appeals mediation program.

HONORS AND AWARDS:  Outstanding Appellate Judge Award 2004, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (NCATL).  Women of Achievement Award, General Federation of Women’s Clubs, 2006. American Business Women’s Association (ABWA), Gold Leaf Chapter, 2005 Voices of Experience honoree.

CAREER BACKGROUND:  Attorney and owner of The Law Offices of Robin E. Hudson, a law firm with a focus on workers’ compensation claims and civil litigation, 1993-2001. Chair, North Carolina OSHA Review Board, 1994-2000 (appt’d. by Gov. Hunt).  Attorney, Private Practice, 1987-93; Assistant Appellate Defender, 1984 -87; Partner, Hassell & Hudson, 1977-84; Staff Attorney, Legal Services, 1976-77; Mediator since 1994.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:  J.D., 1976, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; B.A., 1973, Yale University; W. H. Page Senior High School, Greensboro, North Carolina, graduated 1969.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES:  American Bar Association Judicial Division, joined 2001; North Carolina Judicial Conference, Treasurer  since  2002, Member ADR Committee; Institute of Judicial Administration, joined 2001; Nat’l Assn of Women Judges, joined 2003;

Vice President and Board Member, North Carolina Bar Association 2005-06 North Carolina Bar Association, member since 1978, Litigation Section Council, Appellate Rules Committee, Bench-Bar Liaison Committee; Wake County Bar Association, member since 1978; NCAWA, founding committee member, since 1978, Board member 1983–86 (approx.), Govt. Action Chair, mid-1980's; Wake Women Attorneys, member since 1997; NCATL, member 1977- 2000; Member Board of Governors, 1993-1999; North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers, member.

BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS:  Family Court Advisory Committee, since 2001; NC Industrial Commission Advisory Council 1994-2000; NC OSHA Review Board, Chair 1994-99, reappointed to Board 1999, resigned upon joining Court of Appeals.  Various community non-profit boards.

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS: Author and presenter for numerous Continuing Legal Education and Continuing Judicial Education Programs sponsored by NC Conference of Superior Court Judges, NC Court of Appeals (in-house orientation), UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law, Wake Forest Law School, North Carolina Bar Foundation, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys, and others.

Regular Panelist for Women Judges’ Forum programs at the law schools at UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke, Wake Forest, North Carolina Central, and Campbell Universities.

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS: NC Women's Forum, member since 2001, Board Member 2004-present (Secretary 2004-05); American Business Women’s Association, Gold Leaf Chapter, since 2002; Downtown Raleigh Rotary Club; YWCA and YMCA member since 1977.

 PERSONAL:  Married:  Victor Farah;  two grown children; Birthplace:  Atlanta, Georgia.

 

AUTHORIZED AND PAID FOR BY THE ROBIN HUDSON CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE