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About Alan Z. Thornburg
- Alan Z.
- Thornburg (born January 10, 1967) is an American lawyer and jurist, formerly a judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Born in Sylva, North Carolina, Thornburg earned a history degree from Davidson College in 1989 and a Juris Doctor degree from Wake Forest University in 1996.
- His father, Lacy Thornburg, is a former North Carolina attorney general, state superior court judge, and federal district court judge. After serving as an aide to U.S.
- Senator Terry Sanford and working in private practice in Asheville, North Carolina from 1997 to 2004, Thornburg was named to the North Carolina Court of Appeals in 2004.
- He is married and has two children. In 2004, Thornburg sought a full eight-year term on the North Carolina Court of Appeals, but was defeated by Barbara Jackson in the statewide judicial elections. Gov.
- Mike Easley appointed Thornburg to the North Carolina Board of Transportation in 2005 and then appointed him to a superior court judgeship in 2009.
- He was elected to keep his seat on the superior court bench in the November 2010 election.
- Thornburg is currently the senior resident superior court judge for Buncombe County.
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