Former state superior court judge joins Morningstar law firm

Former state superior court Judge Shannon Joseph has joined the Morningstar Law Group in an effort to expand the firm’s litigation practice.

Joseph, who has previously served also as a North Carolina administration law judge, had been appointed to the superior court bench in January 2009 by then-Gov. Mike Easley. Her five-year term expired Jan. 8.

Prior to her time on the bench, Joseph was in private practice for more than a decade as a civil litigator with the Smith Moore law firm of Raleigh.

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