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Born in Charlotte, North Carolina , Parker attended Meredith College , graduated from the University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill with an Education degree and served with the Peace Corps in Turkey for two years before returning to Chapel Hill to earn a Law degree (1969). After working in private law practice for 15 years, Parker was named by Governor Jim Hunt to the North Carolina Court Of Appeals in late 1984 . Voters elected and re-elected her to that Court in 1986 and 1990. Parker was elected by the people to the state's Supreme Court in November 1992 and was elected to a regular 8-year term on the court in 1996 . In 2004 , Parker was elected to another eight-year term on the court, defeating John M. Tyson in the Statewide Judicial Elections . She is currently the North Carolina Supreme Court's longest-serving sitting justice, including service as Associate Justice. On January 19, 2006, Governor Mike Easley announced that he was appointing Parker Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, to replace the retiring I. Beverly Lake . She must give up her seat as an Associate Justice and run for Chief Justice in the November 2006 election. Chief Justice Parker took the oath of office on February 6, becoming the third female Chief Justice of North Carolina's highest court, after Susie Sharp and Rhoda Billings . EXTERNAL LINKS
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