Judge Louis Trosch Jr. Announces Retirement

North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff//October 21, 2025//

Superior Court Judge Louis A. Trosch Jr., Mecklenburg County’s longest serving judge, has announced that he will not seek re-election in 2026. Trosch, a West Charlotte High School graduate, received a bachelor’s degree from Washington & Lee University in 1988 and his law degree in 1992 from the University of North Carolina School of Law.
He served as district court judge in the juvenile and family courts from 1999 until he joined the superior court bench in 2018. In July of 2010, Trosch became the first judge in North Carolina to be certified by the National Association of
Counsel for Children as a Child Welfare Law Specialist.
Trosch served for a decade as co-chair of the Race Matters for Juvenile Justice Initiative (RMJJ), which is a judge-led collaboration dedicated to ending disparate outcomes for children in the 26th Judicial District. He is also active in the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ), having held numerous leadership positions including his service on the NCJFCJ Board of Trustees from July 2008-July 2015.

In May of 2012, Trosch was presented with the Lucille P. Giles Volunteerism Award by Florence
Crittendon Services for his collaborative work on behalf of children and families. In addition to being a
sought-after speaker about increasing fairness and reducing disproportionality across court systems,
Trosch is also a nationally recognized expert regarding the impacts of collaboration between court
systems and various community groups. He has traveled across the United States to speak on these
topics, twice testified before Congress and testified in the first case appealed under North Carolina’s
Racial Justice Act. Because of his many efforts both inside and outside the courtroom, Trosch was
recognized as a North Carolina Leader in the Law by North Carolina Lawyers Weekly in 2016. For his
significant contributions to mental health services, he received the H. Keith Brunnemer Jr. Award from the
Mental Health America of Central Carolinas in 2019. Most recently, he was awarded the 2025 Julius L.
Chambers Diversity Champion Award by the Mecklenburg Bar Association for his ongoing work to promote
equity and justice in the courts.

He served as district court judge in the juvenile and family courts from 1999 until he joined the superior court bench in 2018. In July of 2010, Trosch became the first judge in North Carolina to be certified by the National Association of
Counsel for Children as a Child Welfare Law Specialist.
Trosch served for a decade as co-chair of the Race Matters for Juvenile Justice Initiative (RMJJ), which is a judge-led collaboration dedicated to ending disparate outcomes for children in the 26th Judicial District. He is also active in the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ), having held numerous leadership positions including his service on the NCJFCJ Board of Trustees from July 2008-July 2015.

Trosch served for a decade as co-chair of the Race Matters for Juvenile Justice Initiative (RMJJ), which is a judge-led collaboration dedicated to ending disparate outcomes for children in the 26th Judicial District. He is also active in the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ), having held numerous leadership positions including his service on the NCJFCJ Board of Trustees from July 2008-July 2015.

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