Allison Jean Riggs (born 1980 or 1981)[1] is an American state court judge.
[3] Riggs has served as co-leader of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice in Durham, North Carolina, and has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in a Texas redistricting case in 2018 and a North Carolina redistricting case in 2019.
[4][5] Riggs earned her Bachelor of Arts in Microbiology in 2003, Master's degree in History in 2006 and her Juris Doctor in 2009 all at the University of Florida.
[8] Governor Roy Cooper appointed Riggs to be a judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals, starting on approximately January 1, 2023.
[2] Governor Cooper appointed Riggs to be a judge on the North Carolina Supreme Court in September 2023, filling the vacancy created by the resignation of Michael R.