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Jeanie Houston has announced plans to continue serving the people
of North Carolina's 23rd Judicial District
by seeking re-election as a district court judge, a position she
has held for more than 10 years. This will be her fourth term
in the 23rd Judicial District, which consists of Wilkes, Yadkin,
Ashe and Alleghany counties in Northwest North Carolina.
"For more than a decade now, I have been a fair and impartial
judge," Houston said. "I enjoy working with the people
of this district, and look forward to doing so for many years
to come."
The former Jeanie Reavis is a 1984 graduate of Western Carolina
University and a 1987 graduate of Campbell University School of
Law. She began her legal career as an associate attorney with
Zachary & Zachary Law Of-fices in Yadkinville, and in March
1989 began work as an assistant district attorney in the 23rd
Judicial District.
Houston worked in that office until being appointed to her current
position as district court judge by North Caro-lina Governor Jim
Hunt in August 1997. In 2000 and 2004, she was elected to the
seat.
A native of Hamptonville, Houston has been a member of the North
Carolina State Bar since 1987 and a member of the North Carolina
District Court Judge's Association since 1997. She is currently
active in the Criminal Jus-tice Partnership Committee and the
Juvenile Crime Prevention Council. Houston also takes part in
trial court training for Wilkes Community College's Basic Law
Enforcement classes, and is a regular speaker at Drug Abuse Resistance
Education (D.A.R.E.) and Child Abuse Reduction Effort (C.A.R.E.)
graduations throughout the 23rd Judicial District. She was a founding
member of the Yadkin County MADD chapter.
Houston is a past member of the Domestic Violence Advisory Council
and United Way Allocation Committee. She served as a girl's softball
coach at West Yadkin Elementary School for several years.
Her husband, Rick Houston, is a freelance writer with several
NASCAR and Christian publications. They have twin seven-year-old
sons, Adam and Jesse. She is also the stepmother of Richard Houston
of Nashville, Tenn. The Houstons are members of Maplewood Baptist
Church in Yadkinville, where she is a children's Sunday School
teacher and member of the church council.
For details, visit judgejeaniehouston.blogspot.com. |
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