Cleo Powell
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Cleo Powell | |
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Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia | |
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 |
Personal details | |
Born | Cleo Elaine Powell January 12, 1957 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
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
- List of African-American jurists
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.
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