Margaret Currin

Margaret Person Currin is an American lawyer and academic. In 1988, she became the first woman to be appointed as a United States Attorney in North Carolina, serving the Eastern District. She was on faculty at Campbell University's Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law for thirty-one years.

Early life and education Currin grew up in Oxford, North Carolina and attended J. F. Webb High School. She graduated from Meredith College in 1972. She was a member of the charter class at Campbell University's Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, where she served as charter editor of the law review and was elected into Phi Kappa Phi. She graduated cum laude from Campbell in 1979. She was the first woman to serve as a United States Attorney in North Carolina. Currin was succeeded by Janice Cole following her resignation in 1993.

Currin worked for 31 years at Campbell University as a legal educator and law school administrator. She served as president of NAFUSA from 2003 to 2004. She served on the board of directors for the North Carolina Bar Association's BarCARES and was elected to the Wake County Bar Association/Tenth Judicial District Board of Directors in 2015.

Personal life She is married to former United States Attorney and North Carolina Superior Court Judge Sam Currin.