Cheri Beasley

Born on February 14, 1966 to William James Beasley and Dr. Lou Beasley (both deceased).

Personal Information

Married to Curtis Owens, twin sons, Matthew and Thomas. Members of First Baptist Church, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Professional Background

Associate Justice, Supreme Court of North Carolina, 2012 – present
Associate Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals, 2009 – 2012
District Court Judge, Twelfth Judicial District, Cumberland County, 1999 – 2008
Assistant Public Defender, Twelfth Judicial District, Cumberland County, 1994 – 1999
Business Law I Instructor, Fayetteville Technical Community College, 1995

Educational Background

The University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, Tennessee, Juris Doctor, 1991
Moot Court Board
Frederick Douglas Moot Court Team
ABA Student Division
Student Bar Association
University of Oxford, Oxford, England, Summer 1990, earned six credits at the Summer Program in Law at Oxford sponsored by Florida State University School of Law
Rutgers University/Douglass College, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Economics with concentrations in Accounting and Finance, 1988

Professional Activities

American Bar Association, 1993 – present
Appellate Judges’ Conference, 2009 – present
Standing Committee on Diversity in the Judiciary, 2011 – 2012
National Bar Association, 1994 – present
North Carolina Bar Association, 1993 – present
Appellate Rules Committee, 2013 – present
Appellate Rules Section, 2013 – present
Women in the Profession, 2012 – present
Litigation Council, 2009 – 2011
North Carolina Bar Association Foundation
Endowment Committee, 2011 – present
Henry Toll Fellow, Council on State Governments, 2012
North Carolina Association of District Court Judges, 1999 – 2008