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Teresa M. Chafin
Justice, Virginia Supreme Court · Supreme Court of Virginia
Background: She was a judge on the Tazewell County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court from 2002 to 2005, and a judge on the Virginia 29th Judicial Circuit from 2005 to 2012. She joined the Virginia Court of Appeals in 2012, and served there until she moved to the Virginia Supreme Court in 2019.
At a glance
- Court
- Virginia Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- Supreme Court of Virginia
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Not listed
- Appointed by
- Not listed
- Appointment date
- Not listed
- Took office
- September 1, 2019
- Current term ends
- August 31, 2031
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- Not listed
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Mild Republican (2020 study of justices' pre-court partisan activity)
- Education
- Law: University of Richmond School of Law, 1987
- Prior offices
- Virginia Court of Appeals (2012 - 2019)
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Direct legislative appointmentThe state legislature chooses the justices.
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