Allison Riggs
Allison Riggs | |
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Riggs in 2025 | |
| Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court | |
| Assumed office September 13, 2023 | |
| Appointed by | Roy Cooper |
| Preceded by | Michael R. Morgan |
| Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals | |
| In office January 1, 2023 – September 13, 2023 | |
| Appointed by | Roy Cooper |
| Preceded by | Richard Dietz |
| Succeeded by | Carolyn Thompson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 8, 1981 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | University of Florida (BA, MA, JD) |
Allison Jean Riggs (born May 8, 1981) is an American state court judge who is an associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. She was appointed by Governor Roy Cooper in 2023 and retained her seat in the 2024 election.
Riggs has served as co-leader of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice in Durham, North Carolina, and has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in a Texas redistricting case in 2018 and a North Carolina redistricting case in 2019.