Jack Cozort Appointed to NC State Board of Trustees

Jack Cozort has been appointed to a four-year term on the North Carolina State University Board of Trustees by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors.

Cozort, of Raleigh, earned his bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from NC State in 1972, and his Juris Doctorate degree from Wake Forest University. He is an attorney with Womble Carlyle Sandridge and Rice (WCSR). Prior to joining WCSR, Cozort served as a N.C. Court of Appeals judge for 12 years. Cozort took a leave of absence from the bench and served as acting director of the Administrative Office of the Courts. Prior to his tenure as judge, Cozort served as legal counsel to N.C. Gov. James B. Hunt Jr. for eight years. Cozort also worked as an associate attorney general with the N.C. Department of Justice.

Cozort is considered to be one of North Carolina’s top government affairs professionals, with extensive experience representing clients before members of Congress and state legislatures, as well as federal and state executive branches of government. Currently, Cozort serves as legal counsel to the North Carolina Free Enterprise Foundation board of directors, the business community’s political research organization. He also currently chairs the NC State Board of Visitors.

The board of trustees is composed of 13 members: eight elected by the UNC Board of Governors, four appointed by the governor and the president of the student body.

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