Ned Mangum

Professional career

• Since February 2024, Mangum has been a Partner at Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers, LLP
• Mangum has taught over 100 hours of Continuing Legal Education courses in North Carolina and held the role of an adjunct professor at Meredith College since 2006
• In 2021, he was appointed Wake County Chief District Court Judge for Judicial District 10 by Chief Justice Paul Newby
• Before his judicial role, Mangum was Wake County District Attorney (April 2014–Dec 2014) and Assistant District Attorney for over eight years
• Ned W. Mangum is a former Wake County District Court Judge and current partner at Smith Debnam, a Raleigh, NC law firm, with a career spanning over two decades in public service and legal practice

Education

Additional information

• In January 2024, he was honored with the Old North State Award for Excellence from North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper
• He was elected to the bench in 2014, re-elected in 2018 and 2022.
• received the Bar’s President’s Award for Excellence in 2014.
• Wake County District Court bench for 16 years, appointed in 2008 by then-Governor Mike Easley.
• focusing on divorce and family law, civil litigation, and professional licensing representation.
• 16 years as Wake County District Court Judge, including 2.5 years as Chief Judge
• He has stated that his decision to join the firm was influenced by his long-standing respect for its attorneys and the firm’s values
• His tenure included presiding over thousands of family law and civil cases, and over 100 jury trials
• He was Past President of the Wake County Bar Association