Justice Cleo Powell takes Supreme Court seat 
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Published: October 31, 2011
Tags: Judgeships, Justice Cleo E. Powell, Supreme Court of Virginia News
Justice Cleo Elaine Powell was invested Oct. 21 as the 102nd justice and the first African-American woman to serve on the Supreme Court of Virginia.
Powell, who first took the bench in the general district court of Chesterfield County and Colonial Heights 18 years ago, also joins the elite group of justices who have served at ...
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