Leroy Millette
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Leroy F. Millette, Jr. is a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. Justice Millette is presently serving as a pro tempore member of the Court, having been appointed to that position by Virginia Governor Tim Kaine (D) in 2008. He was confirmed for a full 12 year term by the Virginia General Assembly on February 11, 2009[1] and his term ends on January 31, 2021[2].
Legal education
Justice Millette received his undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary and his law degree from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at William and Mary.[3]
Legal experience
Justice Millette has served as a General District Court Judge, a Circuit Court Judge of Prince William County, Virginia, served on the Court of Appeals for less than one year, and now serves on the Supreme Court of Virginia. While serving in the Circuit Court, he presided over the capital murder trial of John Allen Muhammed, the Beltway Sniper, confirming the jury's sentence of death, and was also involved in some proceedings of the Lorena Bobbitt trial in 1993. [3]
He was named by Tim Kaine to replace Steven Agee who resigned to accept a commission on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
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