Trey Allen

Curtis Hudson "Trey" Allen III^[1] (born November 20, 1974)^[2] is an American lawyer who serves as an associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. He was elected in November 2022.

Trey Allen
Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 2023
Preceded by	Sam J. Ervin IV
Personal details
Born	Curtis Hudson Allen III (1974-11-20) November 20, 1974 (age 50)
Education	University of North Carolina, Pembroke (BA) University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (JD)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Marine Corps
Years of service	2000–2005
Unit	United States Marine Corps Judge Advocate Division
Battles/wars	Operation Iraqi Freedom

Early life and education

Allen was born in Lumberton, North Carolina. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke in 1997 and a Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 2000.^[3]

Career

From 2000 to 2005, Allen served in the United States Marine Corps. During his service, Allen was deployed to Iraq and was a member of the United States Marine Corps Judge Advocate Division.^[4] Allen later served as a law clerk for Paul Martin Newby and worked as an attorney at Tharrington Smith LLP in Raleigh, North Carolina. He was the Albert and Gladys Hall Coates Distinguished Term associate Professor of Public Law and Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and served as general counsel to the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts.^[5] Allen was elected to the North Carolina Supreme Court in November 2022, unseating incumbent Democrat Sam J. Ervin IV.^[6][7]