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[3] [4] In November 2020, Cardwell was brought in as a special judge in Portsmouth, Virginia, to oversee a case in which the police department had filed charges against Virginia state senator Louise Lucas, Portsmouth Chief Public Defender Brenda Spry, and others who had been charged with felony destruction of a Confederate monument at a June ...
The thirteenth is the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit which has nationwide jurisdiction over appeals of certain, specific subject matter, for example, patent law. Congress has authorized 179 judgeships, [ 1 ] though the total number of judges will be higher than 179 because of some judges electing senior status.
Prior to joining the court, Russell was the deputy attorney general for civil litigation for the Commonwealth of Virginia. He was also a partner at the law firm of McSweeney, Crump, Childress & Timple PC. He started his career as a law clerk for the Virginia 13th Judicial Circuit. [2]
Virginia portal This category is for persons who have held positions as a circuit court judge within the U.S. state of Virginia . Pages in category "Virginia circuit court judges"
The Democratic-led Senate confirmed four new circuit court judges in the last two weeks, most recently U.S. District Judge Florence Pan to the powerful U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ...
Then Prince William County Commonwealth’s Attorney Paul Ebert hired her in 1985. In 2001, she was elevated to the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court for PWC, and in 2008, she was elevated to be the first female Circuit Court Judge in the 31st Judicial Circuit. [2]
While a Circuit Court judge, Frucci created the first ever Drug Court in the City of Virginia Beach in 2016. [5] Frucci is a member of the Virginia Sentencing Commission, the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference, served as a judicial mentor, and was a member of the steering committee that created Virginia Judicial Mentoring Program.
The Virginia Circuit Courts are the state trial courts of general jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Circuit Courts have jurisdiction to hear civil and criminal cases. For civil cases, the courts have authority to try cases with an amount in controversy of more than $4,500 and have exclusive original jurisdiction over claims for ...