Busiest courts to get judges, save one 
The lone exception: A GD seat in the Valley
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Published: April 17, 2012
Tags: General Assembly, General District Courts, Judgeships, Virginia Court of Appeals News
The state budget approved last week by the General Assembly would pay for judgeships in the commonwealth’s busiest courts, with one exception.
The spending plan hammered out by the House-Senate conference committee includes money for filling a vacant general district judgeship in the Shenandoah Valley. That seat, in the 25th District, has a caseload per judge ...
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