Joe R. John, Sr. is a former judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals

North Carolina Court of Appeals

The North Carolina Court of Appeals is the only intermediate appellate court in the state of North Carolina. It is composed of fifteen members who sit in rotating groups of three...

. He served on that court from 1992 until 2000. Previously, he had been a state superior court and state district court judge, based in Greensboro

Greensboro, North Carolina

Greensboro is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the third-largest city by population in North Carolina and the largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. According to the 2010 U.S...

. He had also been a prosecutor and practiced at the firm of Pell, Pell & Weston.

In 2010, Judge John was named interim director of the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation

North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation

The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is a state-level law enforcement agency in North Carolina. Within the state, the agency acts as a criminal investigation bureau, similar to the Federal Bureau of Investigation on the federal level. The SBI is a bureau of the North Carolina...

 crime lab by N.C. Attorney General Roy A. Cooper

Roy A. Cooper

Roy Asberry Cooper, III is the current North Carolina Attorney General. He is a member of the North Carolina Democratic Party.-Personal life and education:...

. He was named to the post on a permanent basis in 2011.