Loretta Yvonne Copeland Biggs (born March 6, 1954) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.
Career output and lasting influence
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 6/year
Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 2001–2002North Carolina Middle District Court · 2014–
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
- Female
- Race
- African American
Prior employment
- Private practice, Winston-Salem, North Carolina2003–2014
- North Carolina Court of AppealsAssociate judge · 2001–2002
Assistant U.S. attorney · 1994–2001- ↳executive assistant U.S. attorney · 1997–2001
- North Carolina District Court, Twenty-First Judicial DistrictJudge · 1987–1994
- Forsyth County, North CarolinaAssistant district attorney · 1984–1987
- The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GeorgiaStaff counsel · 1979–1982
Appointments
2014–2024 · Appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Education
- Spelman Collegeba
- Howard Universityjd
J.D. · 1979- Spelman CollegeB.A. · 1976