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James A. Fields: [11] [12] First African American male lawyer and judicial officer in Warwick County, Virginia; Albert Durant Sr.: [56] First African American male to serve as a Justice of the Peace and magistrate in Williamsburg, Virginia [Williamsburg-James City County, Virginia]
The county magistrate elections are ... (also known as judicial first class magistrate) ... In some states, including West Virginia and Georgia, magistrates are ...
The Judiciary of Virginia is defined under the Constitution and law of Virginia and is composed of the Supreme Court of Virginia and subordinate courts, including the Court of Appeals, the Circuit Courts, and the General District Courts. Its administration is headed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Judicial Council, the Committee ...
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.
The distinction between first and second class cities was ended with the Virginia Constitution of 1971. [3] However, cities that were classified as second class cities at the time of the adoption of the 1971 Virginia Constitution were authorized to continue sharing their court system and three constitutional officers with the adjacent county. [3]
Courts of Virginia include: State courts of Virginia. Supreme Court of Virginia [1] Court of Appeals of Virginia [2] Virginia Circuit Court (120 courts divided among 31 judicial circuits) [3] Virginia General District Court (courts in 32 districts) [4] Virginia Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court (courts in 32 districts) [5]
Fairfax County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court (2019– ) Virginia: active First Female Asian American judge in VA [6] Peter Aduja: Hawaii First Circuit Court (1960–1962) Hawaii: deceased [7] Tony Agbayani: San Joaquin County Superior Court (2007– ) California: active [8] [9] Alok Ahuja Missouri Court of Appeals (2007 ...
First male lawyer of Czech descent: Augustin Haidusek (c. 1870) [12] First African American male lawyer called to the English Bar: [13] Thomas Morris Chester (1870) First deaf male lawyer: Joseph G. Parkinson (1880) [14] First Turkish American male lawyer: James Ben Ali Haggin (c. 1880s) [15] First Chinese male lawyer: Hong Yen Chang (1888) [16]