Courts & rulings
Virginia · highest court
Supreme Court of Virginia
Chosen by legislature
Chief: Elected by a majority of the court's own membership to a four-year term as Chief Justice; Cleo E. Powell began her term as Chief Justice on January 1, 2026..
Justices
All judges & justices →- Cleo E. Powell
- D. Arthur Kelsey
- Stephen R. McCullough
- Teresa M. Chafin
- Wesley G. Russell Jr.
- Thomas P. Mann
- Junius P. Fulton III
Roster as of 2026-06-13.
Constitution of Virginia
Adopted 1971. Its declaration of rights sits in Article I (Bill of Rights). This court has the final word on what the Virginia constitution means.
Mixed approach
How a state reads its own rights provisions relative to the federal floor, lockstep vs departure.
State-court structure and selection methods are from official and reference sources; the justice roster is point-in-time. Civibrief carries each state's highest court (lower state courts are out of scope for now).