Judge donald stephens wake county biography

Thank you for hearing me. My name is Donald Stephens. Until Nov. 1st of this year, I had the honor and privilege to serve as the Senior Resident Superior Court Judge for Wake County, the capital district.

I retired at the mandatory retirement age of 72, after 33 years on the superior court bench.

I came to the superior court bench in I was elected a resident judge and re-elected five times. Those elections included two partisan statewide elections for that office in and , a partisan election in my district in and two nonpartisan elections in and So I can attest that I am familiar with the election process … in practically every form.

I believe that the people in my district and the people in [North Carolina] have a strong desire to elect their judges.

Historically, that system has worked to bring high quality lawyers to the trial bench – Republicans and Democrats.

I am here today at the re