Representative, North Carolina State House of Representatives, District 38, 2021-present

Candidate, North Carolina State House of Representatives, District 38, 2024

County Commissioner, Wake County, North Carolina, 1990-1994

Member, Appropriations Committee

Member, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Capital Improvements

Member, Judiciary 1 Committee

Member, Redistricting Committee

Member, Select Committee on Strategic Transportation Planning and Long Term Funding Solutions

Member, Subcommittee on Appropriations, Justice and Public Safety

Member, UNC BOG Nominations Committee

Member, Wildlife Resources Committee

No caucus information on file.

Attorney, Law Offices of Abraham Penn Jones, 2013-present

Adjunct Law Professor, University of North Carolina Law School, 2013-present

Superior Court Judge, North Carolina Superior Court, 1995-2012

Principal (President), Law Offices of Abraham Penn Jones, Attorney-at-Law, 1990-1995

Associate, Adams, McCullough & Beard, 1987-1990

Administrative Law Judge, North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings, 1986-1987

Associate Attorney General, North Carolina Department of Justice, Office of Attorney General, 1984-1986

Associate, Kirby, Gillick, Schwartz and Tuohey, Limited Liability Partnership, 1983-1984

Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 1979-1983

Circuit Court Clerk, United States District Court, 1978-1979

Law Clerk to Chief Judge William B. Bryant, Jr, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 1977-1978

Demonstration Participant, Moral Monday, 2013-present

Member, Alpha Phi Alpha (Phi Lambda Chapter), present

Member, Board of Directors, Justice Theatre Project, present

Member, Christian Legal Society, present

Member, Democratic Men’s Club, present

Member, Harvard Club of the Triangle, present

Member, Harvard Interview Committee, present

Member, North Carolina Minority Prostate Cancer Action Team, present

Member, Raleigh Wake Citizens Association, present

Member, Wake County African American Caucus, present

Member, Wake County Library Commission, present

Member, Wake Voter Coalition, present

Member of the Bar, District of Columbia

Member, NAACP, Raleigh/Apex Chapter

Member of the Bar, State of North Carolina

Member of the Bar, Tenth Judicial District

Member of the Bar, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

Member of the Bar, United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Member of the Bar, United States District Court, District of Columbia

Member of the Bar, United States District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina

Member of the Bar, United States Supreme Court

Member, Wake County Bar Association