Christine Walczyk

Judge Christine Walczyk has served as a District Court trial judge in Wake County for 18 years, making her the most experienced in that court. Born in Raleigh, she graduated magna cum laude from the Boston College Carroll School of Management and earned her Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina School of Law at Chapel Hill. Before becoming a judge, she was in private practice with Grafstein & Walczyk, P.L.L.C., where she represented small businesses and handled criminal and juvenile delinquency cases. She has been appointed to leadership roles by both Democratic and Republican chief district court judges, including serving as Lead Judge in Family Court for over nine years and currently as Lead Judge in the General Civil Court. She is also a former instructor at Meredith College's Paralegal Program and Wake Technical Community College.