The Greensboro City Attorney’s Office has a new and familiar face on staff: Judge Lora Cubbage has joined the City of Greensboro as a deputy city attorney. Cubbage is well known in the local – as well as the state’s – legal community.
In a public statement this week, Cubbage said she’s really excited about her new role.
“Joining the Greensboro City Attorney’s Office affords me an opportunity to learn a whole new area of law,” she said. “I am eager to bridge the gap between law enforcement and the community by fostering transparency in city governance and municipal law.”
In her new role, rather than adjudicating cases that come before her, Cubbage will provide legal representation for the City of Greensboro’s public safety departments.
She will also oversee lobbying efforts on behalf of Greensboro. City officials say that her years as a judge will be “instrumental as this role involves collaborating with local attorneys and community leaders on a daily basis.”
“This marks the first time a former judge will serve as a member of the city’s legal team,” stated Greensboro City Attorney Chuck Watts. “Judge Cubbage has an impressive track record as an attorney and the residents of Greensboro will benefit from her legal acumen and commitment to public service.”
Before joining the City of Greensboro’s team of legal eagles, Cubbage served in a number of judicial roles including assistant district attorney in Guilford County, assistant attorney general in the North Carolina Department of Justice, and as a district court judge.
In 2018, former NC Governor Roy Cooper appointed Cubbage to serve as a North Carolina superior court judge in Judicial District 24A.
Cubbage is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of Law and North Carolina A&T State University.
Last year, in an interview with The Daily Tar Heel newspaper, Cubbage responded to a question as to why she was so passionate about justice.
“Because I am a person of color,” she said. “And it is my community in which I have seen firsthand, I have read about and I have learned things about the political context — all of the injustices that my community has suffered. When I was cutting hair for 17 years, that’s why I decided to step out on faith as a single mother and try to get a college education and then go to law school. Because my clients were suffering injustice.”
Guess the last paragraph sums it all up rather well.
The most concerning and frightening part is her response to the question of passion for justice: “Because I am a person of color,” she said. “And it is my community in which I have seen firsthand, I have read about and I have learned things about the political context — all of the injustices that my community has suffered. When I was cutting hair for 17 years, that’s why I decided to step out on faith as a single mother and try to get a college education and then go to law school. Because my clients were suffering injustice.” She believes in justice for Blacks, not Whites. not Hispanics, not Asians, not anyone except Blacks. That comment alone shows she is unqualified for the job. If Chuck Watts was aware of this comment and I’ll wager he was, shame on him for hiring her. But then again, Watts harbors deep seated resentment of Whites that go all the way back to his father. Grow up, Chucky. I know you are old but don’t you think it is time to move on?
“a whole new area of law”? A new area would be a change in the statutes. Could this be politikspeak for applying the Marxist/Socialist agenda of the Democrat party?
Is this a judgeship that is being abolish by the legislature, or did she choose not to rune for election?
Just what Greensboro needs. Another DEI hire
She says she’s about transparency, maybe she will tell us whether or not Chuck Watts actually lives in Greensboro
Someone please inform city attorney Watts, that the Honorable Polly Sizemore was a Guilford District Court Judge prior to her employ at the city. Cubbage gives the impression she has an axe to grind, at the expense of GPD.