James Columcille Dever III (born May 25, 1962) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
James C. Dever III
North Carolina Eastern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
Born 1962 in Lake Charles, LA
FJC ID: 3086
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 7/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 30/year
North Carolina Eastern District Court · 2005–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Wiggins School of Law, Campbell UniversityAdjunct professor · 1997–present
Senior lecturing fellow · 2008–present- Private practice, North Carolina1992–2004
U.S. Air Force Reserve1992–2000- General Counsel OfficeU.S. Air Force · 1988–1992
Law clerk , Hon. J. Clifford Wallace · 1987–1988
Appointments
2005–present · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Education
- J.D. · 1987
- University of Notre DameB.B.A. · 1984