The Court of Appeals of Virginia,established January 1,1985,is an intermediate appellate court of 17 judges that hears appeals from decisions of Virginia's circuit courts and the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission. The Court sits in panels of at least three judges,and sometimes hears cases en banc. Appeals from the Court of Appeals go to the Supreme Court of Virginia.
The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia is the state supreme court of the state of West Virginia,the highest of West Virginia's state courts. The court sits primarily at the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston,although from 1873 to 1915,it was also required by state law to hold sessions in Charles Town in the state's Eastern Panhandle. The court also holds special sittings at various locations across the state.
Cynthia Dinah Kinser is an American lawyer who served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. Kinser was elected by the Virginia General Assembly to her first 12-year term to the Virginia Supreme Court in 1998,after being appointed by Governor George Allen to fill a 1997 vacancy. Kinser was elected to a second 12-year term during the 2010 session of the General Assembly. She became Chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court on February 1,2011. She is the first woman to hold the office of Chief Justice on the Court.
Donald Wayne Lemons is a former associate justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. He served as chief justice from 2015 to 2021. He received both his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Virginia.
Michael Jon Wilkins is an American lawyer and judge. He is a retired Justice of the Utah Supreme Court and current chairman of the Utah Independent Ethics Commission.
Michael Francis Urbanski is the Chief United States district judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia and a former United States magistrate judge of the same court.
Craig F. Stowers was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice,and the 18th chief justice,of the Alaska Supreme Court. He was appointed by Governor Sean Parnell in 2009 as an associate justice to replace retiring Justice Robert Eastaugh. Stowers was one of seven candidates recommended to the Governor by the Alaska Judicial Council out of a record 25 applicants.
James Allen Main is a former associate justice of the Alabama Supreme Court who was initially appointed on January 14,2011,by Governor Bob Riley and elected to a six-year term in November,2012. He did not seek reelection in 2018 and retired from the court in January 2019. Prior to his appointment,he served on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals.
Denham Arthur Kelsey is an American lawyer and justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. His twelve-year term on the Supreme Court began on February 1,2015. Kelsey was previously an appellate judge on the Court of Appeals of Virginia and a trial court judge in the Fifth Judicial Circuit of Virginia.
William Wheeler Brash III is an American lawyer and jurist from Wisconsin. He served as the chief judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals from 2021 through 2023,and was a member of the Milwaukee-based District I court from 2015 through 2023. He previously served 15 years as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Milwaukee County.
Arthur Lee Bentley III is an American lawyer who was the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida from 2014 until 2017. In January 2018,he joined Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP,a law firm which has an office based in Tampa,Florida.
Tilman Eugene "Tripp" Self III is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia and a former Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals.
Egan Kirk Walker is an American lawyer and judge from Nevada. He is a judge in the General Jurisdiction of the Second Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada. He was appointed to this role by Governor Brian Sandoval on December 20,2017. Prior to this appointment he had served in the family division of the same court for nine years.
Barbara Cook Green Swinton is a judge on the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals. She was appointed to the appellate court by Governor Mary Fallin on September 14,2016,to replace Judge Bill Hetherington,who retired from District Four,Office One on September 2,2016. Prior to her appointment,Judge Swinton served as district court judge for the 7th Judicial District,beginning in 2002.
Wesley Glenn Russell Jr. is a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia and former judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia.
Stanley Blumenfeld Jr. is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He formerly served as a judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court from 2006 to 2020.
Carla Wong McMillian is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia and former judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals.
David Todd Markle is a Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals.
Thomas Peter Mann is a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia and former circuit court judge of Virginia's 19th Judicial Circuit in Fairfax County. He was elected by the Virginia General Assembly to be a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia for a 12-year term commencing on August 1,2022.
