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About Judge Lewis
Hugh Banks Lewis has
been a District Court Judge in the 26th Judicial District since
January 2001.
Hugh was appointed to the bench in 1994, serving as a Civil Magistrate
in the 26th Judicial District from 1994 to 2000, in Small Claims and
Involuntary Judicial Hospitalization courts. He was previously in
private practice.
Hugh
helped create Mecklenburg County’s experimental Plea
Court. The Plea Court handles over 700 cases a day. By accepting pleas and
assigning trial dates in traffic and misdemeanor matters, this court
relieves pressure on the three trial courts and allows for quicker
resolution of cases in a fair and just manner, with the least expense
to taxpayers.
Hugh also operated several of the drug courts in Mecklenburg County that
help addicts get off drugs, end their cycle of criminal activity and
become useful members of our community. “The belief that I can still
make the world a better place has stuck with me,” Lewis says. “To have
somebody come back to me and say, ‘You were the one who sent me to detox; now I am straight, have a job, and a life.’ There’s no feeling like
it.”
The law is actually a second career for Hugh. An expert photographer,
he ran a commercial photographic studio with his wife Barbara for
several years before going to law school. |
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