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A Biography Full of Firsts
Early Years Judge Wanda G. Bryant was born to Dolphus Bryant and Christerbelle Randall Bryant in Southport, North Carolina. A product of Brunswick County public schools, Judge Bryant also attended the Governor's School at the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem. Educational BackgroundA first generation college graduate, Judge Bryant received a Bachelor of Arts degree at Duke University in 1977. During her time at Duke, she was chosen to study for a summer at Oxford University, England. She received her Juris Doctor at N.C. Central University in Durham. Making HistoryAfter leaving NCCU, Judge Bryant began her legal career and made history when she was appointed the first female and first African-American prosecutor of the thirteenth prosecutorial district of North Carolina, in 1983. From 1987 until 1988 she served as the first staff attorney for the Police Executive Research Forum in Washington, D.C. In 1989 she became an Assistant United States Attorney in the Office for the District of Columbia. Bryant then served as a Senior Deputy Attorney General for the Office of the Attorney General in 1993. While there, she served as the first director of the newly established Citizen's Rights Division of the Department of Justice, until being appointed by Governor Mike Easley to the N.C. Court of Appeals in 2001. Personal InformationJudge Bryant is married to Steve Douglas, Assistant Dean of the North Carolina Central University School of Law. She has two children, Edward Matthew Douglas and Alicia Rose Douglas. Judge Bryant is a member of Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Supply, North Carolina, and attends various churches in the Triangle area. © 2004. Report all problems or concerns about this Web site to webmaster@judgewandabryant.com.
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