Judge Becton To Be NC Bar President

Charles Becton, a COA judge from 1981 to 1990, was just elected to become the NC Bar Association's first African-American male president. Becton's term will begin in June 2008. According to the N&O, Becton "see[s] this as a tremendous opportunity". (Note that the N&O reports Becton to be the first African-American president; actually, Judge Allyson Duncan was the first, in 2003.)