The Hon. R. Kent Harrell is a judge for the Hanover County Superior Court in the 5th Judicial District of the 2nd Division in North Carolina. He was elected to the bench on November 8, 2016.
Prior to his election, Harrell was a sole practitioner in his own private practice, a law firm he opened in 1997. In that capacity, he represented individuals and small businesses in property, contract, estate, and negligence cases.
Harrell earned a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1992. He spent the next year working as a collection associate at Barclays American Mortgage Corporation before completing a J.D. at North Carolina Central University School of Law in 1996.
After graduating from law school, Harrell entered into private practice. He started as an associate at Browne, Flebotte, Wilson & Horn. He represented clients in residential and commercial real estate closings as well as criminal, traffic, family, and civil litigation matters.
His memberships have included the North Carolina Bar Association, the North Carolina Advocates for Justice, the Rotary Youth Leadership Conference Club, the Pender County Historical Society, and the Pender County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council. He has also been involved with AMIKids North Carolina, the Burgaw Rotary Club, Ducks Unlimited, and Hunters Helping Kids.
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