The Honorable Donna S. Stroud is a 1988 graduate of Campbell Law School. Judge Stroud began her legal career in 1988 with the law firm Kirk, Gay, Kirk, Gwynn & Howell. She then joined the firm Gay, Stroud & Jackson L.L.P. in 1995. She worked as a lawyer with this firm until 2004. During this time, she also worked as a 10th Judicial District Court Arbitrator (1996-2004) and a Certified Superior Court Mediator (1997-2004). In 2004, she was elected to the Wake County District Court (10th Judicial District), where she served as judge until she was elected to the Court of Appeals in 2006. She served as Chief Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals from 2021-24. Her current term ends on Jan. 1, 2031.