Gary Cash comes to Fisher Stark with over 35 years of legal experience, the past 25 of which were spent as a North Carolina District Court Judge.  Gary was first elected to the bench in 1986 and most recently served as Buncombe County’s Chief District Court Judge, a position he held since 2002.  Prior to serving as judge, Gary worked in Asheville as a general practitioner in the private practice of law. 

Gary attended Davidson College, during which time he was an International Rotary Scholar at the University of Meunster in West Germany.  Following his graduation from Davidson in 1971, he was a Rockefeller Fellow at Yale University Divinity School.  He then went onto the UNC School of Law, earning his J.D. degree in 1976.    

Gary is actively involved in the community and has held numerous leadership positions, including President of the Conference of Chief District Court Judges, President of the N.C. Association of District Court Judges, and Chair of the N.C. Custody Mediation Advisory Committee. 

Education: Davidson College, B.A., 1971; University of Muenster, West Germany, Rotary International Scholar, 1969-1970; Yale University Divinity School Rockafeller Fellow, 1971-1972; University of North Carolina School of Law J.D., 1976

Selected Past and Present Associations: President, Conference of Chief District Court Judges; President, North Carolina Association of District Court Judges; Director, North Carolina Joint Judicial Conference; Member; North Carolina Domestic Violence Commission; Member, North Carolina Family Court Advisory Committee; Chair, North Carolina Custody/Mediation Advisory Committee; Member, Z. Smith Reynolds Advisory Committee; Founding Member and Board of Directors, The Child Abuse Center; Elder, New Hope Presbyterian Church

Awards: The 2008-2009 28th Judicial Bar Professionalism Award; The 2009 North Carolina Outstanding Trial Judge Award (presented by North Carolina Advocates for Justice–North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers); The 2009 Champion of the Family Award (presented by The North Carolina Association for Marriage and Family Therapists)

Hobbies: surf fishing, tango, waltzing, weighlifiting

Last Book Read: “Blink” by Malcolm Gladwell

Favorite Foods: fresh veggies and whatever comes from his garden

Favorite Music: Sting, Robert Earl Keen, Frank Sinatra