Suzanne Reynolds is a law professor at Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational university in the U.S. state of North Carolina, founded in 1834. The university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina, the state capital. The Reynolda Campus, the university's main campus, is...

. In 2007, she announced her intention to run for the North Carolina Supreme Court

North Carolina Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of North Carolina is the state's highest appellate court. Until the creation of the North Carolina Court of Appeals in the 1960s, it was the state's only appellate court. The Supreme Court consists of six associate justices and one chief justice, although the number of justices...

 seat held by incumbent Robert H. Edmunds, Jr.

Robert H. Edmunds, Jr.

Robert Holt Edmunds, Jr. is an American judge, currently an Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.Born in Danville, Virginia, Edmunds moved to Greensboro, North Carolina at the age of 8. He attended Woodberry Forest School and Williams College before graduating with honors from...

 in the 2008 election

North Carolina judicial elections, 2008

One justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court and six judges of the North Carolina Court of Appeals were elected to eight-year terms by North Carolina voters on November 4, 2008. This coincided with the presidential, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, gubernatorial, and Council of State elections.North...

. Reynolds lost to Edmunds by a narrow margin.

Reynolds graduated with a bachelor's degree from Meredith College

Meredith College

Meredith College is a liberal arts women's college located in Raleigh, North Carolina. For the 2010-2011 academic year, there were approximately 2,300 students enrolled, including about 350 graduate students, making Meredith the largest women's college in the southeastern United States...

 in 1971, with an M.A. degree from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1976, and with a J.D. from Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational university in the U.S. state of North Carolina, founded in 1834. The university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina, the state capital. The Reynolda Campus, the university's main campus, is...

 School of Law in 1977. From her law school graduation until she accepted a position at WFU, Reynolds worked at the 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...

 law firm of Smith Moore Smith Schell & Hunter. In 1978, she married Robert M. “Hoppy” Elliot, also an attorney.

Professor Reynolds won the Governor's Distinguished Woman of North Carolina for Education in 1998, the Gwyneth B. Davis Award for Public Service by the North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys in 1996, and the Joseph Branch

Joseph Branch

Joseph Branch was an American jurist who served as Associate Justice and then Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. He was a native of Halifax County, North Carolina and earned his law degree from Wake Forest University.Branch served in the state House of Representatives from 1947...

Teaching Excellence award from Wake Forest Law School in 1994. Her publications include the three-volume treatise, Lee's North Carolina Family Law.