Robert J. Humphreys, April 16, 2000-December 31, 2023; Senior Judge, 2024 to present

Portrait of the Hon. Robert J. Humphreys.

Photographic portrait, 2000.

Born 1950 in San Diego, California.

First elected by the General Assembly on March 9, 2000 to an eight-year term beginning April 16, 2000. Elected to a second eight-year term in 2008. Service terminated by retirement.

Education:

Washington and Lee University, B.A., 1972.
Widener University Law School, J.D., 1976.

Professional career:

Assistant attorney general, State of Delaware, 1976-1978.
Assistant commonwealth’s attorney, Norfolk, Virginia, 1979-1982.
Chief deputy commonwealth’s attorney, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 1982-1987.
Private practice in Virginia Beach, Virginia, 1988-1989.
Commonwealth’s attorney in Virginia Beach, Virginia, 1990-2000.
Adjunct professor of law, University of Dayton, 1998-2002.
Adjunct professor of law, Regent University, 2002-present.


Sources:

Elected, Journals of the Senate of Virginia, 2000 Regular Session, 1747; The American Bench-2002/2003, 2549; education and professional career, Alan Cooper, “Humphreys, Huff Join Supreme Court Competition,” Virginia Lawyers Weekly, October 6, 2010, retrieved from valawyersweekly.com on December 2, 2014; and biographical file, Virginia State Law Library.