Thomas Carruthers (Courtesy photo)
ASHEBORO — Thomas Carruthers will become Asheboro’s city attorney next month.
Carruthers, a former city attorney for Greensboro, will be leaving a role as deputy general counsel for the North Carolina League of Municipalities.
Carruthers succeeds city attorney Jeff Sugg, who retired at the end of February after more than two decades.
Based on information from the City of Asheboro, while in the Greensboro position, Carruthers was involved in the creation of the Greensboro-Randolph megasite near Liberty.
He became Greensboro’s city attorney in 2014 and left the position in the autumn of 2018, when he resigned effectively immediately.
His biography includes time as associate sheriff’s attorney for Guilford County and as assistant city attorney for Greensboro. He has experience as an Assistant District Attorney and in private legal practice.
“The City of Asheboro conducted an exhaustive search with multiple qualified candidates,” mayor Joey Trogdon said in a statement. “We are fortunate to find someone with Tom’s experience and training. I feel confident he will work well with our department heads and city manager to take the City of Asheboro to the next level.”
Carruthers received an undergraduate degree in political science from Duke and a law degree from Campbell.
He begins his job April 6 in Asheboro.
