RALEIGH, (SGRToday.com) - Dale G. Deese will fill the vacant district court seat in Robeson County created by the resignation of Judge John Carter, Jr.
 
Deese currently serves as the senior managing attorney of the Pembroke Office of Legal Aid of North Carolina, where he has served for two decades.
 
Deese received the appointment from Gov. Pat McCrory.

Deese has also taught business law and ethics as an adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Pembroke and at Robeson Community College.

In 2012, he was selected as the Pro Bono Attorney of the Year by the North Carolina Bar Association.