Kristin Ruth

Kristin H. Ruth is a former state district court judge in North Carolina, who served District 10 (Wake County).

Ruth was the senior partner in her law firm for seven years before being elected to the bench in 1998. She was re-elected to four-year terms in 2002 and in 2006. She was elected as a vice president of the North Carolina Bar Association in 2010.[1] Party affiliation is Democrat.

Education

Ruth is a graduate of Kansas State University and the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University.

Court of Appeals race

In 2007, she announced that she would run for the North Carolina Court of Appeals seat then held by John Tyson in the 2008 elections. In the May 6, 2008 non-partisan primary, Ruth came in second, which qualified her to run in the November general election against Sam J. Ervin, IV.[2] Ervin defeated Ruth in the general election.[3]

Resignation

In February 2012, the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation opened a probe into the handling of 12 drunken driving cases by Ruth. Ruth failed to review unusual orders submitted by an attorney changing the effective dates when judgments were entered, shortening or eliminating the suspension of drivers' licenses; and in each of the 12 cases the defense attorney was James Crouch, a Wake County criminal lawyer.[4] Ruth resigned as a result of the investigation on May 18, 2012.[5] She was later indicted for "failure to discharge her duties."[6]

On July 30, 2012, she pleaded guilty for failing to discharge her duties as a Judge.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Rawlings, Russell (2010-06-25). New NCBA Board Members, Vice Presidents Elected. ncbar.org
  2. ↑ Tyson trails in bid to retain seat on Court of Appeals. journalnow.com (2008-05-06). Retrieved on 2012-08-29.
  3. ↑ AP: GOP maintains edge on Supreme Court
  4. ↑ Blythe, Anne. (2012-02-28) News & Observer: SBI probes judge's actions Archived March 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.. Newsobserver.com. Retrieved on 2012-08-29.
  5. ↑ Blythe, Anne. (2012-05-19) News & Observer: Wake district court judge resigns Archived May 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.. Newsobserver.com. Retrieved on 2012-08-29.
  6. ↑ Ex-Wake judge, attorney charged with altering records in DWI cases. WRAL (2012-06-26). Retrieved on 2012-08-29.
  7. ↑ Iwabu, Takaaki (2012-07-30). "Former Wake Judge pleads guilty on altered DWI cases". newsobserver.com.


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