Susan J. Stoney will be presented with her official commission as a Fairfax County Circuit Court judge on Friday, April 11, at 4 p.m. at the Fairfax County Courthouse, Courtroom 5J, 4110 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax.  The public is invited to attend the investiture ceremony.

The Hon. Richard C. (Rip) Sullivan of the Virginia House of Delegates will present Stoney with her official commission, and Justice Thomas P. Mann of the Supreme Court of Virginia will ceremoniously administer his oath.

Prior to joining the Circuit Court in January, Stoney served as a judge for the Fairfax County General District Court for more than eight years. She began her legal career as a law clerk to the Hon. James W. Benton, Jr. (ret.) of the Virginia Court of Appeals. Following her clerkship, she spent two decades working as a legal aid attorney in the Commonwealth of Virginia, representing low-income, elderly and disabled Virginians. From 2010 until she took the bench, she was the deputy director of Legal Services of Northern Virginia.  

Stoney earned her Bachelor of Arts, with honors, from the University of Virginia, and her Juris Doctor from the William & Mary Law School.

For more information or reasonable ADA accommodations, contact Kim Callahan, Fairfax County Circuit Court, at 703-246-4166, TTY 711.