The Mitchell County Democratic Party is pleased to host a meet & greet luncheon for Judge Toby Hampson at the City Drive-In/670 on Oak Tavern & Grille (670 Oak Street) in Spruce Pine on Monday, August 24th. The meet & greet will be from 11:30 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Everyone will be able to order from the restaurant’s menu and pay for their meal.

Here is some information about Judge Hampson:

Tobias (Toby) Hampson was born in Basingstoke, England in 1975. He spent much of his youth growing up in Moore County, NC, where he attended Sandhills Farm Life Elementary in Carthage and Union Pines High School in Cameron, NC. He is a 1994 graduate of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham. He earned his B.A. degree from American University in International Studies and History in 1998. He graduated from the Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law in 2002 with honors where he was inducted into the Order of Barristers and was a member of the Law Review. Judge Hampson currently serves on Campbell Law’s Board of Visitors.

Judge Hampson was elected to the Court of Appeals in 2018. Prior to joining the Court in January 2019, Hampson was a partner at the Raleigh firm of Wyrick, Robbins, Yates & Ponton where he led the firm’s Appellate Practice group. He began his career at the North Carolina Court of Appeals clerking for Judges K. Edward Greene, Wanda Bryant and Bob C. Hunter. Hampson entered private practice with the Raleigh law firm of Patterson Dilthey focusing on trial and appellate litigation before joining Wyrick in 2007. He is a North Carolina State Bar certified specialist in Appellate Practice and serves on the North Carolina Bar Association Appellate Rules Committee.

Judge Hampson lives in Raleigh with his wife Kristin, a practicing lawyer, and their three daughters. The Hampsons are active members of Windborne United Methodist Church.

To register for this event, please click here.

Please come out on Monday and help us welcome Judge Hampson to Mitchell County!