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Robert C. Ervin


Robert C. Ervin is a North Carolina Superior Court judge who has presided over numerous high-profile cases. He is the grandson of U.S. Senator Sam J. Ervin, the son of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Sam J. Ervin III and the brother of state Supreme Court Justice Sam J. Ervin IV.

Ervin is a native of Morganton, North Carolina and graduated from Freedom High School. He went on to graduate from Davidson College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1982, and from Harvard Law School with a juris doctor degree in 1985. He was admitted to the bar in North Carolina in 1985.

After practicing law in Charlotte for several years, Ervin joined the Morganton law firm that became known as Byrd, Byrd, Ervin, Whisnant, McMahon and Ervin. He practiced with that firm from 1988 until shortly after he was elected to an eight-year term as a Superior Court judge by voters in District 25A (Burke and Caldwell counties) in 2002.

The North Carolina Advocates for Justice named Ervin "Outstanding Trial Judge of the Year" in 2008. He also was appointed by the chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court to serve on the Indigent Defense Services Commission and the Rural Courts Commission.

In 2009, Ervin was one of three candidates recommended by U.S. Senator Kay Hagan to the President for appointment as a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. The appointment eventually went to Max O. Cogburn Jr.

Ervin and fellow District 25A Superior Court Judge Beverly Beal were re-elected without opposition in 2010. His current term expires in 2018.


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