Outstanding Young Alumnus Award. Education Judge Eric Levinson is a native North Carolinian who gained his Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law where he was president of the Student Bar Association. He obtained a BBA in Finance, cum laude, at the University of Georgia, where he was an Honors Program student. He also completed the Institute on Comparative Political and Economic Systems through the Fund for American Studies in Washington, D.C. and Georgetown University, and completed an overseas studies program in International Finance hosted by the University of London, England. He is a certified Superior Court mediator, too, having completed the required training in 2004, and is an N.C. Certified Juvenile Court Judge. Electoral history In 2014, Levinson unsuccessfully sought a seat as an associate justice of the NC Supreme Court. He finished second in a three-way May 6 primary election with 328,062 votes (36.57%), behind first place finisher Robin Hudson (the incumbent), who received 381,836 votes (42.56%). Jeanette Doran finished third with 187,273 votes (20.87%). Hudson and Levinson advanced to the general election, which was held on November 4. Hudson defeated Levinson by receiving 1,283,478 votes (52.46%) to Levinson's 1,163,022 votes (47.54%). Robin Hudson was re-elected to the Supreme Court for another eight-year term that expired in 2022. References North Carolina Court of Appeals judges Living people Year of birth missing (living people)