Susan Friedlander Earman will be presented her official commission as a Fairfax County General District Court judge on Thursday, July 18, at 4 p.m. at the Fairfax County Courthouse, Courtroom 5J, 4110 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax. 

Before joining Fairfax County General District Court as the 11th judge, Earman served as a substitute judge from November 2012, hearing criminal and traffic cases and in Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court. Prior to taking the bench, she worked alongside her father and uncle in their family law firm, Friedlander, Friedlander & Earman P.C., focusing on civil litigation with a concentration in land use and real estate.

A native of Northern Virginia, Earman earned a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics from the University of Virginia and her Juris Doctor from the George Mason University School of Law.  Earman also served as a planning commissioner for the City of Falls Church for five years and then on its Board of Zoning Appeals for 10 years.

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