Cleo Powell
Cleo Powell | |
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Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office August 1, 2011 | |
Appointed by | Virginia General Assembly |
Preceded by | Leroy R. Hassell Sr. |
Judge of the Virginia Court of Appeals | |
In office August 15, 2008 – August 1, 2011 | |
Appointed by | Tim Kaine |
Preceded by | LeRoy F. Millette Jr. |
Succeeded by | Glen A. Huff |
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Born | Cleo Elaine Powell (1957-01-12) January 12, 1957 (age 67) Brunswick, Virginia, U.S. |
Spouse | Alvin Larnell Dilworth |
Education | University of Virginia (BA, JD) |
Cleo Elaine Powell (born January 12, 1957) is a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. She was sworn in on October 21, 2011, for a term ending on July 31, 2023. Justice Powell is the first African-American female to serve on Virginia's highest Court and the fifth woman to serve on the Court.[1]
Born in Brunswick County, Virginia, she received an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia in 1979 and received her Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1982. Powell served at every level of Virginia's judicial system as a judge, working as a General District Court Judge in Chesterfield, Virginia and Colonial Heights, Virginia from 1993 until 2000, a Circuit Court Judge in the same jurisdictions from 2000 until 2008, and on the Court of Appeals of Virginia from 2008 until 2011.[2] In 2013, Powell was honored as one of the Library of Virginia's "Virginia Women in History".[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Cleo Powell, Va.'s first black female justice to be sworn in" WJLA. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
- ^ "Powell sworn in as justice on Virginia Supreme Court" Archived January 5, 2013, at archive.today Richmond Times Dispatch
- ^ "Virginia Women in History: Cleo Elaine Powell". Library of Virginia. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
External links
- Powell's biography at the Library of Virginia
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Preceded by | Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia 2011–present | Incumbent |
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- Winsome Sears, Lieutenant Governor
- Jason Miyares, Attorney General
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- David L. Richardson, Treasurer (appointed)
- Winsome Sears, President
- Louise Lucas, President pro tempore
- Scott Surovell, Majority Leader
- Ryan McDougle, Minority Leader
- Don Scott, Speaker
- Charniele Herring, Majority Leader
- Todd Gilbert, Minority Leader
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