Photographic portrait, 2015

Born 1972 in Marseilles, France.

Elected by the General Assembly on July 29, 2011 to an eight-year term beginning August 1, 2011, filling the vacancy created by the election of Elizabeth McClanahan to the Supreme Court of Virginia. Service terminated by election as justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia.

Education:
University of Virginia, B.A., 1994
University of Richmond, J.D., 1997

Other judicial service:
Law clerk to Justice Leroy R. Hassell, Sr., Supreme Court of Virginia, 1997-1999.
Justice, Supreme Court of Virginia, 2016- present.

Professional career:
Assistant attorney general of Virginia, 1999-2005.
Deputy solicitor general of Virginia, 2006-2007.
State solicitor general, 2008-2009.
Opinions counsel/senior appellate counsel, 2010-2011.

Sources:
Elected, Journals of the Senate of Virginia, 2011 Special Session 1, 118; professional career, Opinions of the Attorney General and report to the Governor of Virginia, 1999-2011 (reports for the years 2008-2011 are in electronic format and were retrieved from the state government records collection, Library of Virginia, on March 2, 2015); education and judicial clerkship, vertical file, Virginia State Law Library.