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Seat 12
Tom Murry
Tom Murry is a husband & father, Army veteran, attorney, state prosecutor, and proven conservative.
Tom grew up as a preacher's kid and a teacher's kid which instilled the values of faith, family, & hard-work.
Tom and his wife are the proud parents of 2 teenage girls & a young son.
Tom has served as an assistant district attorney (prosecutor), and as part of executive leadership at the NC Judicial Branch working with the Chief Justice. He has also worked with small businesses on regulatory issues and insurance claims.
Tom serves as vice-chair of the North Carolina Bar Association Criminal Justice Section. He has served as an adjunct at Regent University School of Law since 2020.
Tom serves as a Judge Advocate in the NC Army National Guard. He was deployed to the middle east with an engineer battalion in 2017-18.
Additionally, from 2019-20, Tom served as a full-time legal assistance attorney helping Soldiers and their family members, as well as military retirees with their legal needs.
Tom served nearly a decade in elected office at the municipal and legislative levels. As a legislator, Tom was recognized as one of the top 10 most effective members in Raleigh and was the primary sponsor of voter ID legislation and a regulatory reform bill that eliminated over 1400 regulations.
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Seat 14
Valerie Zachary
Judge Valerie J. Zachary hails from Yadkin County and is married to former Representative Lee Zachary. They have three adult daughters and two beautiful grandchildren. Judge Zachary has long been an active, contributing member of her local Yadkin County community and the United Methodist Church, serving in many capacities.
Judge Zachary received her Juris Doctor cum laude from the Harvard Law School in 1987. In 1984, Judge Zachary graduated from Michigan State University, obtaining her Bachelor of Arts with honors in Multidisciplinary Studies, with concentrations in French, Economics, and Political Science.
While at Harvard Law School, Judge Zachary was employed as a research assistant by Professor Laurence H. Tribe, assisting in reviewing and revising the second edition of Professor Tribe’s treatise American Constitutional Law. She also critiqued briefs for the Ames Moot Court Competition and served as a member of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau and the Women’s Law Association.
Upon graduating from law school in 1987, Judge Zachary joined the litigation team of the Charlotte firm Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman (now K & L Gates). In 1989, Judge Zachary returned to Yadkin County to marry her husband, Lee Zachary, and to join his general practice firm.
Judge Zachary practiced law for 26 years at Zachary Law Offices in Yadkinville, where she was a partner. In 2015, Governor Pat McCrory appointed Judge Zachary to the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Following a statewide race, North Carolina voters elected Judge Zachary to an eight-year term in 2016. During her time on the court, Judge Zachary has proven to be a conservative judge committed to upholding North Carolina's Constitution.
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Seat 15
Chris Freeman
For the last 17 years Judge Freeman as been honored to serve the people of Rockingham and Caswell Counties as a District Court Judge and Assistant District Attorney. He aims to bring his steadfast commitment to conservative judicial philosophy to the appellate court level, serving all North Carolinians.
Currently in his third term as a District Court Judge, he has dedicated nearly two decades to public service. Before joining the bench, he served as an Assistant District Attorney for eight years, fighting for justice in our communities.
In 2013, Judge Freeman took his commitment to serve a step further by joining the United States Air Force. He is a proud to currently serve as a reservist in the JAG Corps, providing legal expertise to our military.
Community is important to him. He is an active member of Osborne Baptist Church in Eden, NC. He holds board positions with the Betsy Jeff-Penn 4H Center, the Monroeton Volunteer Fire Department, the NWTF Sauratown Chapter, and the United Way of Rockingham County.
Judge Freeman is a native North Carolinian, born and raised. He attended high school in Asheboro, NC, and later earned a BS in Business Administration from High Point University. He obtained his law degree from Regent University, where he was influenced by the institution's motto: "Christian leadership to change the world."
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