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The Virginia 4th Judicial Circuit resides in Virginia. Click on the links below to learn more about the court's...
Jurisdiction
This court holds the following jurisdiction:[1]
| “ | The circuit court is the trial court of general jurisdiction in Virginia, and the court has authority to try a full range of both civil and criminal cases. Civil cases involve disputes essentially private in nature between two or more parties; criminal cases are controversies between the Commonwealth and persons accused of a crime. Only in a circuit court is a jury provided for the trial of many of these disputes and controversies. The Virginia circuit court system is composed of 31 judicial circuits with 120 separate circuit courts in the various counties and cities of the Commonwealth. The Supreme Court of Virginia establishes the rules of practice and procedure for the circuit courts, and the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court serves as the administrator of the circuit court system.[2] |
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Judges
| Office | Name | Party | Date assumed office |
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Elections
Virginia is one of eight states that do not hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Virginia, click here. For more information on judicial elections, click here.
Selection method
- See also: Judicial selection in the states
- See also: Legislative election of judges
Judges of the circuit court are elected by a majority vote of the Virginia General Assembly (the combined Virginia House of Delegates and Virginia State Senate).[3][4]
Judges serve for eight years. At the end of their terms, judges must be re-elected by the legislature just as they initially were.[3]
The chief judge of each court is selected by peer vote for a two-year term.[4] The judicial retirement age is 73.[5]
Qualifications
To serve on the supreme court, court of appeals or circuit court, a judge must be:[4]
- a state resident;
- a circuit resident (for circuit judges);
- a state bar member for at least five years; and
- no older than 70.
Judicial elections in Virginia
- See also: Virginia judicial elections
Virginia is one of 11 states that does not use judicial elections as a selection method. Instead, judges are selected by one of the appointment methods. To read more about how states use judicial elections to select judges across the country, click here. Judges in Virginia do not participate in judicial elections.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Virginia Courts, "The Circuit Court," accessed May 22, 2023
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Virginia's Legislative Information System, "Constitution of Virginia," accessed September 19, 2014 (Scroll to Article VI)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Virginia," archived June 8, 2011
- ↑ American Judicature Society, "History of Reform Efforts: Virginia," archived October 3, 2014
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
