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The council is composed of the Chief Justice as president, one Court of Appeals judge, six circuit court judges, one general district court judge, one juvenile and domestic relations district court judge, two attorneys qualified to practice in the Supreme Court of Virginia, and the Chairmen of the Committees for Courts of Justice in the ...
Garland P. Faison: [45] First African American male to serve as a Justice of the Peace in Greensville County, Virginia; Wilford Taylor, Jr.: [46] First African American male judge in Hampton, Virginia; Joseph (J.) Thomas Newsome: [47] First African American male lawyer from post-Civil War Newport News, Virginia to practice before the Supreme ...
This is a list of past and present judges of the Supreme Court of Virginia. The court's name was the Supreme Court of Appeals until it was changed in 1971. [1] Members were titled Judge until a 1928 constitutional amendment changed the title to Justice and designated the presiding member Chief Justice. [2]
Tania M.L. Saylor: [48] First female of color to serve as a Judge of the Fairfax County Circuity Court (2022) Lee Lovett (1947): [49] [50] First female lawyer in Winchester, Virginia, Frederick County, Virginia; Helivi Holland: [51] First African American female to serve as a General District judge in the 5th Judicial District. In 2024, she ...
Both candidates in the race for Benton-Franklin Superior Court Judge, Position 5, bring impressive qualifications, but Bronson Brown’s experience and endorsements make him the superior choice.
In Missouri, for example, the County Court deals largely with property registration and deeds as well as leading the county – in 1922, Harry S. Truman was elected as one of two County Judges for Jackson County, Missouri, becoming the county presiding judge in 1926, his two elected positions prior to entering the United States Senate. [1]
County judges in Florida preside over misdemeanor cases, traffic offenses and civil disputes of $50,000 or less. They are elected to six-year terms. Booras, a judge since 2006, announced in March ...
Prior to becoming a judge he served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Delaware, Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney in Norfolk, Virginia and Chief Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney in Virginia Beach, as a partner in the law firm of McCardell, Inman, Benson, Strickler & Humphreys, P.C. in Virginia Beach and he served as Commonwealth's Attorney of Virginia Beach from 1990 to 2000.