Leroy Hassell

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Leroy Hassell
Virginia Supreme Court Justice
Assumed office 1989
Term ends February 9, 2011
Private practice attorney
In office 1980-1989

Leroy Roundtree Hassell, Sr. was a justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia. He was appointed to the Court by Democratic Governor Baliles in 1989 during a recess of the General Assembly and his term was set to expire on January 31, 2014. ^[1] However, Hassell died on February 9, 2011. ^[2]

Justice Hassell was the first black chief justice of the Virginia Supreme Court. ^[3] He was sworn in to that position on February 11, 2003, and stepped down as chief justice in 2010. ^[4]

Education

Hassell received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia in 1977 and his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1980. ^[5]

Career

Prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court, Justice Hassell was in private practice. In 1989, Governor Gerald Baliles appointed Hassell to the Virginia Supreme Court. The court's justices elected Hassell Chief Justice in 2002. ^[3]

Awards and Associations

• Former director of Richmond Renaissance
• Former director of the Greater Richmond Chapter of the American Red Cross
• Former director of the Carpenter Center for the Performing Arts
• Former chairman of the Richmond School Board ^[4]

External links

• Project Vote Smart, Chief Justice Leroy Rountree Hassell, Sr. (VA)
• PilotOnline.com, "A lawyer's duty to Virginia's poor", April 30, 2010
• University of Virginia, "Norfolk native is Va.'s first black chief justice", August 29, 2002

References

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