RALEIGH – Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday announced the appointment of Allison Riggs to fill a vacancy on the North Carolina Court of Appeals.

Riggs has been serving as co-executive director and chief counsel for voting rights at the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, an organization she joined in 2009.

She was among the attorneys that successfully represented Common Cause in the state court case of 哈珀诉霍尔. Earlier this year, that case resulted in the North Carolina Supreme Court issuing a landmark ruling against the General Assembly’s illegal gerrymandering of legislative and congressional districts. Riggs was also a key member of the legal team defending that historic ruling this month when legislators appealed the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court in the case now named 摩尔诉哈珀.

以下是 北卡罗来纳州共同事业组织执行董事鲍勃·菲利普斯:

“Allison is an extraordinary attorney with true dedication to the law, justice and our constitution. She has been a tireless advocate for protecting the rights of all North Carolinians, standing up for marginalized communities and holding those in power accountable to the people of our state. We congratulate Allison on joining the North Carolina Court of Appeals.

We thank the entire team at the Southern Coalition for Social Justice for their excellent representation and we look forward to our continued partnership with their outstanding attorneys and staff in our crucial fight to protect democracy.”

北卡罗来纳州共同事业组织是一个无党派的草根组织，致力于维护美国民主的核心价值观。我们致力于创建服务于公众利益的开放、诚实和负责任的政府；促进所有人享有平等的权利、机会和代表权；并赋予所有人在政治进程中发出声音的权利。