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Amalia Mercedes Restucha attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the North Carolina Central University School of Law. She is a mother.

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NORTH CAROLINA No. COA24-321 Filed 3 December 2024 Mecklenburg County, Nos. 19CR24446, 19CR24448 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. LOUIS C. BROWN, Defendant. Appeal by defendant from judgment entered 28 July 2023 by Judge Matthew B. Smith in Mecklenburg County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 23 October 2024. Attorney General Joshua H. Stein, by Assistant Attorney General Amalia Mercedes Restucha, for the State-appellee. Assistant Public Defender Max E. Ashworth, III for defendant-appellant. GORE, Judge.

State v. Brown :: 2024 :: North Carolina Court of Appeals Decisions :: North Carolina Case Law :: U.S. Law :: Justia

Amalia Mercedes Restucha worked as an assistant attorney general representing the State in an appellate case.

Amalia worked as an assistant attorney general representing the State in an appellate case.

2026 North Carolina General Election

As an assistant attorney general, represented the State as appellee in a 2024 North Carolina Court of Appeals case.

- As an assistant attorney general, represented the State as appellee in a 2024 North Carolina Court of Appeals case.

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## Current Members
Member Name  | Term Start Date  | Term End Date  | Term Type  | Position  | Requirements
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Amalia Mercedes Restucha  | February 18, 2025  | February 17, 2028  | Limited  | Member  | Resp. for Programs related to financialeducation orservices/rep from Dept. of Justice
Erin Wilson  | February 18, 2025  | February 17, 2028  | Limited  | Member  | Resp. for programs related to financial education or services/rep from Dept. of Labor
...

Financial Literacy Council | Commission Details (North Carolina Boards And Commissions)

North Carolina Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

Olga R. Morgan Wright, Chair, Greensboro
Amalia Mercedes Restucha, Vice Chair, Raleigh
Daniel Bowes, Burlington
Pearl E. Burris-Floyd, Dallas
Travis Cook, Gastonia
Christopher Duggan, Weddington
Marcus Gadson, Fuquay-Varina
Steven H. Greene, Cary
Jonathan D. Guze, Durham
Jennifer Lechner, Garner
Angelo Mathay, Raleigh
Patrick Mincey, Wilmington
Donna E. Oldham, Winston-Salem
Catherine Read, Raleigh
E. Gregory Wallace, Fuquay-Varina
Bradley Young, Raleigh

Civil Rights and Equity of Legal Financial Obligations in North Carolina (A Report of the North Carolina Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights)

Serves on the North Carolina Financial Literacy Council as the Department of Justice representative for financial education or services.

Served as vice chair of the North Carolina Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

- Serves on the North Carolina Financial Literacy Council as the Department of Justice representative for financial education or services.
- Served as vice chair of the North Carolina Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

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Amalia Mercedes Restucha

Isaac Brickman

Buket Urgen

J. Brian Ratledge

- District Court judges hear civil, criminal, and juvenile cases. Civil cases dealing with divorce, child custody, and child support are heard in District Court. 
- Under the District Court, the magistrate can try small claims cases ($10,000 or less), landlord eviction cases, and suits for recovery of personal property. A magistrate is an independent judicial officer, recognized by the North Carolina Constitution as an officer of the district court. 
- District Court Judges are elected for a four-year term. Elections are partisan. 

Judge who handles majority of trial level cases.