James C. Dever III at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
- Jurisdiction
- North Carolina · Federal
- Judicial service
- May 2, 2005–present
James C. Dever III
Judge · U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
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Biography
Professional career
- Law clerk, Hon. J. Clifford Wallace, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1987-1988 U.S. Air Force, General Counsel Office, 1988-1992 U.S. Air Force Reserve, 1992-2000 Private practice, North Carolina, 1992-2004 Adjunct professor, Wiggins School of Law, Campbell University, 1997- Senior lecturing fellow, Duke University School of Law, 2008-
Judicial service
- Judge, District Court, E.D. North Carolina, 2005-present
Education
- University of Notre Dame · B.B.A., 1984
- Duke University School of Law · J.D., 1987
Personal record
Born 1962 · Lake Charles, LA
Courtroom rules and guidance
Courtroom Technology
Judge-specific source
Trial: . Please contact the Clerk's office one week prior to a trial in which you want to use evidence-presentation equipment that is the property of the court. Not all equipment in the courtroom belongs to the court, and equipment that does not belong to the court is not available for use by litigants.Practice Preferences - The Honorable United States District Judge James C. Dever III ↗
Civil Remote Testimony
In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards.
For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location.Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗
Criminal Recording And Broadcasting
Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.
Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked July 25, 2026
https://www.fjc.gov/node/1392266CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/861/james-c-dever-iii/Practice Preferences - The Honorable United States District Judge James C. Dever III
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 24, 2026
https://www.nced.uscourts.gov/judges/deverpref.aspxFederal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedureFederal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts