The Hon. Darrell B. Cayton, Jr. is a judge for the 2nd Judicial District Court of North Carolina. He was elected to the bench in 2010.
The 2nd Judicial District includes Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties.
Prior to his election, Cayton handled civil and criminal law matters in private practice. During that time, he managed his own law firm for twenty years and was a former attorney at Gaskins & Gaskins, where he began his legal career.
He received a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1984. Cayton then completed a J.D. at Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, in 1987. He was admitted to practice in North Carolina (1987) and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina (1987).