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Current justices. The court presently is made up of seven justices, [3] each elected by a majority vote of both houses of the General Assembly for a term of twelve years. [4] . To be eligible for election, a candidate must be a resident of Virginia and must have been a member of the Virginia State Bar for at least five years. [4] .
Founded in 1776, the Virginia Supreme Court is the state's court of last resort and has seven judgeships. The current chief of the court is Bernard Goodwyn. In 2018, the court decided 1,697 cases.
The Virginia judicial system comprises the Supreme Court, a Court of Appeals, circuit courts in thirty-one judicial circuits, general district and juvenile and domestic relations district courts in thirty-two districts, and magistrates in offices in thirty-two districts.
Thomas Peter Mann (born 1965) is a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia and former circuit court judge of Virginia's 19th Judicial Circuit in Fairfax County. He was elected by the Virginia General Assembly to be a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia for a 12-year term commencing on August 1, 2022.
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2 kwi 2024 · The assembly elected the judges, but governors sometimes appointed new members to fill vacancies that occurred when the assembly was not in session. From time to time the assembly varied the number of members of the court, which today consists of seven justices. The Constitution of 1830 changed the name of the court to the Supreme Court of Appeals.
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., appointed her to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2021 and then nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 2022.
Teresa M. Chafin is a judge of the Supreme Court of Virginia. She assumed office on September 1, 2019. Her current term ends on August 31, 2031. Chafin was elected to the Virginia Supreme Court by the Virginia General Assembly to succeed Elizabeth McClanahan on February 14, 2019. [1]
