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16 OCT 29 - NOV 4, 2014 ELECTION GUIDE 2014 Lori G. Christian Residence: Cary Education: Georgia Tech—BS Industrial Engineering, 1984; University of North Carolina—JD, 1994 Occupation: Wake County District Court Judge Employer: State of North Carolina Date Admitted to the Bar: August 1994 Legal/judicial Experience: Wake County District Court Judge (2007 - Current); Wake County Assistant County Attorney (1999 - 2007); Guardian Ad Litem Attorney; Pri- vate Practice Attorney; Clerk for NC Supreme Court - Justice Henry Frye Appointed to the Wake County District Court bench in 2007 and elected in 2008 and 2012, Judge Christian has presided over countless criminal, civil and do- mestic cases. "Every day I see how our judi- cial system impacts the lives of working families. I will take my experience helping them navigate that system to the Appeals Court, and ensure a fair, efficient judi- cial process," Christian said. Judge Christian earned her un- dergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1984 and then graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law. She clerked for former Chief Justice Henry Frye of the North Carolina Supreme Court, and practiced with a small private law firm until she began serving as an assistant county attorney for Abuse, Neglect and Dependency Court. She has also served as a board member for Urban Ministries of Wake County, Learning Together, the North Carolina Kidney Foun- dation and the Wake County Bar. Judge Christian is considered a con- scientious, thoughtful and dili- gent jurist who is well-respected and highly-rated by the legal community. Jeffrey M. Cook Residence: Clayton Education: Rhode Island College, Bachelor of Arts, 1990; North Carolina Central University, Juris Doctor, 1998 Occupation: Attorney Legal/judicial Experience: Law Clerk, Narron, O'Hale & Whit- tington, PA, 1995-1998; Associ- ate Attorney, Narron, O'Hale & Whittington, PA, 1998-2000; Senior Staff Attorney, US Bank- ruptcy Administrator 's Office, 2000-2009; Solo Practitioner, J.M. Cook, PA, 2009-Present; Admitted to Practice before state courts of North Carolina and Rhode Island, the federal courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Through my career in the mili- tary, I discovered that there is no greater calling than service to your country and your communi- ty. I also learned from spending time overseas that it is our laws that help make our nation great. It is the law that protects the rights of all of us to live free. But it is all too often that the law is influenced by how much money you have or who you know. As a member of the Court of Appeals, my number one priority would be to ensure that all our citizens receive equal treatment under the law. This even applica- tion of the law as it is written, not how one wishes it to be, is the only way to guarantee the preservation of freedom for all of us. 1/4 Regular