{"id":56592,"date":"2021-01-19T18:19:28","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T18:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=56592"},"modified":"2021-01-19T18:19:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T18:19:28","slug":"roy-wijewickrama-appointed-chief-district-court-judge-in-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/roy-wijewickrama-appointed-chief-district-court-judge-in-north-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Wijewickrama appointed Chief District Court Judge in North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"mvp-post-title left entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Roy Wijewickrama appointed Chief District Court Judge in North Carolina<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56593 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Roy-Wijewickrama.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"308\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">SriLankan American Judge Roy Wijewickrama was appointed Chief District Court Judge in the 30th District Court of North Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">He was amongst five judicial appointments announced by Chief Justice Cheri Beasley with effect from January 1, 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">As Chief District Court Judge, Wijewickrama will serve ClayMacon, Cherokee, Graham, Haywood, Jackson and Swain counties (Judicial District 30).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">He was first elected to the court in 2010 and received his undergraduate degree from North Carolina State University in Raleigh and his law degree from Cleveland State University in Ohio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">After graduating from law school, he worked as an assistant district attorney for the 30th Judicial District. Thereafter, he practiced law with the firm Kersten, Davis &amp; Wijewickrama. In 2008, Wijewickrama was appointed tribal prosecutor for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians by Chief Mitchell Hicks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The other judicial appointments announced by the Chief Justice were Donna Stroud as chief judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, Jimmy Love as chief district court judge for Johnston, Lee, and Harnett counties (Judicial District 11), Toni King as chief district court judge for Cumberland County (Judicial District 12) and Judge Chris Dillon of the North Carolina Court of Appeals as chair of the Judicial Standards Commission.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roy Wijewickrama appointed Chief District Court Judge in North Carolina Source: SriLankan American Judge Roy Wijewickrama was appointed Chief District Court Judge in the 30th District Court of North Carolina. 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