Justice Robin Hudson, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Retired  

Robin Hudson served on the Supreme Court of North Carolina from January 2007 until Dec. 31, 2022. Previously, she served on the North Carolina Court of Appeals from January 2001 through December 2006.  She is the first woman in North Carolina elected to either appellate court without having been appointed first.  

She practiced law out of Raleigh and Durham until her election to the Court of Appeals. Her practice concentrated on workers’ compensation and civil and criminal litigation and included numerous appeals.     

Hudson has received numerous awards, including the Order of the Long Leaf Pine in 2023 and the Outstanding Appellate Judge Award, presented by the North Carolina Advocates for Justice in June 2022. 

Hudson attended Yale University in 1973, as a member of the first class in which women entered Yale as freshman; she then earned her law degree from University of North Carolina School of Law in 1976.   

She was a member of NCAJ from 1977 to 1976.