William Earl Britt (born December 7, 1932) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.

William Earl Britt
North Carolina Eastern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
Born 1932 in McDonald, NC
FJC ID: 265
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1991–1997
- Private practice, Fairmont and Lumberton, North Carolina1959–1980
- Supreme Court of North CarolinaLaw clerk , Hon. Emery B. Denny · 1958–1959
U.S. Army specialist 41953–1955
Appointments
1980–1997 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Education
- Wake Forest College School of LawLL.B. · 1958
- Wake Forest CollegeB.S. · 1956