Legal Legend of Color: The Honorable James Andrew Wynn
The Honorable James Andrew Wynn is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A.), Marquette University School of Law (J.D.), and the University of Virginia School of Law (L.L.M.).
Since 2010, the Honorable Wynn has served on the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. From 1990 to 2010, he was a judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals and briefly was a justice on the Supreme Court of North Carolina in 1998. He was a lawyer and military judge in the United States Navy JAG Corps reserves from 1979 to 2009 (Navy Captain with numerous personal awards). Before becoming a judge, he was in the law firm of Fitch, Butterfield, and Wynn, located in Wilson & Greenville, North Carolina.
He has received numerous recognitions, such as the American Law Institute (member); the American Bar Association (ABA Spirit of Excellence Award, Chair of the Commission on Human Rights & Chair of the Judicial Division); the American Bar Endowment Board (member); the Uniform Law Commission (life member); National Bar Association (Alexander Award), the North Carolina Bar Association (Liberty Bell Award). He currently serves on the Marquette University Board of Trustees. His other activities include: U.S. State Department’s International Speaker; Senior Lecturing Fellow, Duke University Law School; Hallows Lecture, Marquette University Law School; Madison Lecture, New York University Law School; Instructor, New Appellate Judges Seminar, New York University Law School; Lecturer, Section 1983 Civil Rights Seminar, Practising Law Institute (PLI), New York City.