Allyson Kay Duncan
| Allyson Kay Duncan | |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | |
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Assumed office August 15, 2003 |
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| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Samuel James Ervin III |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 5, 1951 Durham, North Carolina |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education |
Hampton University B.A. Duke University School of Law J.D. |
Allyson Kay Duncan (born September 5, 1951, in Durham, North Carolina) is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. She is the Fourth Circuit's first female African-American judge.
Duncan received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hampton University in 1972 and a Juris Doctor from Duke University School of Law in 1975. She was an associate editor at the Lawyers Co-Operative Publishing Company from 1976 to 1977. Duncan then served for one year as a law clerk to Judge Julia Cooper Mack of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals from 1977 to 1978.
In 1978, Duncan joined the staff of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. By the time she left in 1986 she had served in a variety of important posts at the Commission: Appellate Attorney, Assistant to the Deputy General Counsel, Assistant to the Chairman, Acting Associate Legal Counsel, and Acting Legal Counsel. At one point, the then-head of the EEOC, Clarence Thomas, promoted Duncan as his chief of staff over another candidate, Anita Hill.
At North Carolina Central University School of Law, Duncan served as an associate professor from 1986 to 1990, teaching Property Law, Appellate Advocacy, and Employment Discrimination. In 1990, she served briefly on the North Carolina Court of Appeals as an Associate Judge. She was appointed by Governor James G. Martin to replace Charles Becton but lost the following election to James A. Wynn.
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