Faculty Profile: Justice Cheri Beasley

JUSTICE CHERI BEASLEY is a shareholder at Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd in Raleigh, NC where she focuses her practice on commercial litigation and economic development, as well as mediation and arbitration work. Prior to joining Haynsworth, Justice Beasley served on the bench for nearly 25 years and was the first African American woman to serve as Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. She also served as an Associate Judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals and a District Court Judge in the 12th Judicial District in Cumberland County. Justice Beasley was the 2022 Democratic nominee for North Carolina for the United States Senate and a Fall 2023 Resident Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics. She holds degrees from the Douglass College of Rutgers University, the University of Tennessee College of Law and an LL.M. in Judicial Studies from the Duke University School of Law.