A new Fairfax County Circuit Court judge, Dipti Pidikiti-Smith, will receive her official commission on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at 4 p.m. The ceremony will be held in courtroom 5J at the Fairfax County Courthouse, 4110 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax. The public is invited to attend the investiture ceremony.

Prior to joining the bench, Judge Pidikiti-Smith served as a Judge on the Fairfax County General District Court, served as a Substitute Judge, and spent 14 years at Legal Services of Northern Virginia, where she concluded her tenure as the deputy director of advocacy. She is a recipient of several awards including being named a 2022 Fellow of the Virginia Law Foundation, the 2018 Virginia Legal Aid Award presented by the Virginia State Bar, and the 2018 Up & Coming Leader in the Law presented by Virginia Lawyers Weekly.

Judge Pidikiti-Smith has been active in both the legal and local communities, serving on committees and boards. These include the Fairfax County Local Access to Justice Committee and the Fairfax Courthouse Self-Help Resource Center Committee. She also served on the Fairfax County Community Action Advisory Board and the Fairfax County Fair Housing Task Force.

Judge Pidikiti-Smith served as a judicial law clerk at the District of Columbia Superior Court for Judge Russell Canan and Judge Stephanie Duncan-Peters. She is a graduate of the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law and Temple University with a degree in Biology.

For more information or reasonable ADA accommodations, contact Elanna Weinstein, Fairfax County Circuit Court, at 703-246-4191, TTY 711.