Today in Alexander County, Thomas “Rob” Young was sworn in as District Court 22-A, Seat 2 Judge surrounded by his family and friends. While in college at UNC Asheville, one of his professors encouraged him to pursue a legal professional degree. The second semester of his senior year he took a constitutional law class which he thoroughly loved. That one class changed his trajectory. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Philosophy then obtained his Juris Doctor Degree from Drake University Law School in Des Moines, Iowa. Coming back to North Carolina to start a law practice was an easy choice for the Young family since his wife, Kim, is from Hickory. They knew that starting and raising a family here was the right decision.