Under authority granted under Chapter 114 of the General Statutes as amended by the 1975 session of the General Assembly, the Attorney General has employed James E. Scarbrough as an Associate Attorney and assigned him full time to the North Carolina Real Estate Licensing Board.

Although a native of Columbus, Ohio, Mr. Scarbrough grew up in Charlotte, N. C. and attended grammar school and Garinger High School there, graduating with academic honors. He received both his A. B. degree in Political Science and his J. D. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and was admitted to the N. C. Bar in 1974. Prior to his employment with the Department of Justice, he served as a Research Assistant to Judge Robert Martin of the North Carolina Court of Appeals.

Mr. Scarbrough and his wife, Jean, reside at 606 Webster Street, Cary, N. C. and are members of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Raleigh.