Penney S. Azcarate

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Penney S. Azcarate

Prior offices:

Virginia 19th Judicial Circuit

Year left office: 2023

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Education

Bachelor's

Old Dominion University, 1988

Law

George Mason University, 1998

Personal

Profession

Attorney

Penney S. Azcarate is a judge of the 19th Judicial Circuit in Virginia. She was elected by the Virginia General Assembly on February 25, 2015, and took office on July 1. Her eight-year term will expire on June 30, 2023.

Education

Azcarate received her undergraduate degree in criminal justice from Old Dominion University in 1988 and her J.D. from the George Mason University School of Law in 1998.

Career

• 2015-Present: Judge, 19th Judicial Circuit Court
• 2008-2015: Presiding Judge, 19th Judicial District Court
• 2005-2008: Attorney, Briglia & Hundley
• 2000-2005: Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney, Fairfax County
• 1998-2000: Staff Attorney, American Prosecutors Research Institute
• 1998: Admitted to the Virginia Bar
• 1988-1992: Officer, United States Marine Corps

See also

• City of Fairfax, Virginia
• Fairfax County, Virginia
• Courts in Virginia

External links

• Virginia's Judicial System, "Circuit/District Map"

Footnotes

Virginia courts

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Federal courts:

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Virginia, Western District of Virginia • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Virginia, Western District of Virginia

State courts:

Virginia Supreme Court • Virginia Court of Appeals • Virginia Circuit Courts • Virginia District Courts • Virginia Magistrates

State resources:

Courts in Virginia • Virginia judicial elections • Judicial selection in Virginia