Eric L. Levinson is an American lawyer and lawyer. In 2014, he was unable to find a chair as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia and his law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law. He also completed a public policy program in comparative economics and politics through the Fund for American Studies in Washington, D.C., and the international financial studies program in London, England, as part of the undergraduate requirement.
Levinson served as N.C. and as District Judge and Family Court N.C. before being elected to the N.C Court of Appeals in 2002. In 2006, he was unable to find a seat in the Supreme Court of North Carolina. In 2007, Levinson withdrew from the Court of Appeals, accepting the appointment of the Bush Administration as the Justice Attache to the US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq for the US Department of Justice. After that, he consulted in Kabul, Afghanistan, advising on the establishment of a new commercial court venue. Former Gov. N.C Beverly Perdue appointed Levinson to the High Court of North Carolina in 2009.
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Justice and Prosecution Experience
Judge Levinson joined the District Prosecutor's Office in Cabarrus and Rowan County, NC as a cruel prosecutor attending law school, and he sued drugs, property, sexual violence and murder offenders until he was elected to NC judge in 1996 as District and Family Court Judge. In this role, he is recognized to apply best practices in our Criminal and Child Enforcement Courts and become a N.C.
In 2002, Levinson was elected throughout the state as one of the fifteen members of the NC Court of Appeals in Raleigh, where he served as Judge of the Association and the youngest member of the Court and wrote hundreds of legal opinions in disputes and lawsuits regarding virtually every field of law.
In 2007, Levinson was appointed by the Bush Administration as the Justice Attache for Iraq for the US Department of Justice. As a Justice Attache, Levinson manages the US government's diplomatic relations with the Iraqi courts and Supreme Court Justice, Medhat al Mahmoud, and advances the establishment of the Main Criminal Court in which terrorists are prosecuted. Although stationed at the US Embassy within the International Zone, Levinson traveled to other population centers and provinces across Iraq, meeting with military and civilian leaders responsible for the administration of the rule of law in Iraq.
In 2008, he worked in Kabul, Afghanistan as Legal Counsel and Court. In this role, he collaborated with members of Afghanistan's Supreme Court and helped draft and promote guidelines and procedures for building and resources of commercial courts in Afghanistan to decide on business, contracts and related civil conflicts.
Upon his return to the United States in early 2009, a bipartisan group of Republican and Democratic MPs, business professionals, lawyers and community stakeholders authorized his appointment to the N.C High Court. As a High Court Judge, Levinson has courts in all counties in the west, central and eastern parts of NC and leads violent crimes against persons (murder, sexual assault, armed robbery, serious assault) as well as civil conflict (complicated business strife, class, property).
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Adjunct Instructor
Levinson has taught as an additional instructor at various N.C colleges and universities, including (1) UNC-Chapel Hill School of Government, where he teaches an offer on Ethics in the Master of Public Administration Program; (2) the Charlotte Law School, where he has taught offerings on Child Law, Remedies, Advocacy Appeals, and Civil Litigation; and (3) the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he has taught courses in American Constitutional Law. Levinson has delivered a lecture to other state court judges through the National Council of Judges of Child and Family Court and Government Institution UNC-Chapel Hill.
Community
Judge Levinson currently serves as a member of the Advisory Council to Serve Alto Cayma, a mission originating from the Charlotte area serving a large community in Peru; Advisory Board for Wildacres Leadership Institute, a leading Raleigh-based leadership organization; and the Justice Administration Committee for the North Carolina Bar Association. Levinson is also an active member of Charlotte Rotary.
Levinson was voted "Friday Fellow" in 2006 - named after former president of UNC system and honorable educator William C. Friday - and completes a two-year leadership and human relations program sponsored by the Wildacres Leadership Institute. Levinson was previously a member of the Substance Abuse Prevention Services Council; Hands at Charlotte; and the Alumni Council for the Fund for American Studies, a Washington-based non-profit organization engaged in student education on public policy, journalism, and philanthropy. Levinson was also previously involved in Charlotte Jaycees and, in 2003, honored with the Fund for an Outstanding Young Alumnus Award from American Studies.
Education
Judge Eric Levinson is a native North Carolin who earned a Doctor Juris degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law where he is the President of the Student Student Association. He obtained BBA in Finance, cum laude, at the University of Georgia, where he was a student of the Honors Program. He also completed the Comparative Institute of Politics and Economic Systems through the Fund for American Studies in Washington, D.C. and Georgetown University, and completed an international study program at International Finance organized by the University of London, England. He is a certified High Court mediator, too, after completing the required training in 2004, and is a N.C.
Electoral history
In 2014, Levinson was unable to find a seat as a High Court Judge NC. He finished second in the 6 May 6 hour election with 328,062 votes (36.57%), behind the first place of the Robin Hudson (incumbent) finisher, who received 381,836 votes (42.56%). Jeanette Doran was third with 187,273 votes (20.87%). Hudson and Levinson advanced to the general election, held on November 4. Hudson beat Levinson by receiving 1,283,478 votes (52.46%) to 1,953,022 Levinson votes (47.54%). Robin Hudson is re-elected to the Supreme Court for another eight-year term that will not end until 2022.
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