Honorable Johanna L. Fitzpatrick (Ret.)



Areas of Experience

Family law, personal injury, medical malpractice, employment, commercial, construction, condemnation, trusts& estates and workers’ compensation.

Credentials

• Chief Judge, Court of Appeals of Virginia, 1997-2006.
  Judge, Court of Appeals of Virginia, 1992-1997.
• Judge, 19th Circuit Court, Fairfax County, 1982-1992.
• Judge, J&DR District Court, Fairfax County, 1980-1982.
• Law Practice, Fairfax County, 1974-1980.
• Founding Member, Board of Directors of the National Center for Family Law.
• Member, Boyd-Graves Conference.
• Former Member, Council of Chief Judges of State Courts of Appeal.
• Former Member, State/Federal Judicial Council.
• Former Member, Judicial Council of Virginia.
• Former Member, Executive Committee of the Judicial Conference.
• Former member, American Bar Association Criminal Justice Standards Committee.
• Former Adjunct Professor, University of Virginia Law School.
• Recipient, Jurisprudence Award, Fairfax County Bar Association.
• Recipient, 2007 Distinguished Service Award, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
• Recipient, Outstanding Woman Attorney of Virginia, Virginia Women Attorneys Association and the Metro Richmond Women’s Bar Association.
• Recipient, Virginia Woman of Achievement in Government, The Virginia Commission on the Status of Women.
• Catholic University Of America, J.D., 1974.
  Tufts University, B.A., 1968.