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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]
The Supreme Court of Virginia is the highest court in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It primarily hears direct appeals in civil cases from the trial-level city and county circuit courts , as well as the criminal law , family law and administrative law cases that are initially appealed to the Court of Appeals of Virginia .
Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, 116 people have served on the Court. The length of service on the Court for the 107 non-incumbent justices ranges from William O. Douglas's 36 years, 209 days to John Rutledge's 1 year, 18 days as associate justice and, separated by a period of years off the Court, his 138 days as chief justice.
Pages in category "Justices of the Supreme Court of Virginia" The following 100 pages are in this category, out of 100 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Congress specified the Court's original and appellate jurisdiction, created 13 judicial districts, and fixed the initial size of the Supreme Court. The number of justices on the Supreme Court was changed six times before settling at the present total of nine in 1869. [1] A total of 115 persons have served on the Supreme Court since 1789.
Russell was born in Richmond, Virginia in February 1926. [1] He received his secondary education at the Congressional Pages School in Washington, D. C., and from there went on to the University of Virginia where he received his B.A. and, in 1948, his LL.B. Russell was a member of and served as president of the Virginia Eta chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and the Virginia Glee Club.
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Among the current members of the court, Clarence Thomas's tenure of 12,118 days (33 years, 64 days) [B] is the longest, while Ketanji Brown Jackson's 910 days (2 years, 179 days) [B] is the shortest. The table below ranks all United States Supreme Court justices by time in office.