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Judge Lisa Mayne Is New Fairfax County General District Court Chief Judge

Fairfax County General District Court Judge Lisa Mayne began her term as chief judge on July 1. She succeeds Judge Michael J. Cassidy, who has been the chief judge since March 2015. General District Court chief judges are elected every two years.

Mayne has been a Fairfax County General District Court judge since Oct. 1, 2006. The court currently has 10 judges elected by the General Assembly for six-year terms.

The General District Court handles approximately 300,000 court cases per year through its three divisions: civil and small claims; criminal; and traffic. Cases include landlord/tenant disputes, traffic summons, protective orders, personal injury claims, violations of local ordinances and criminal misdemeanors, among others.

Additionally, Mayne will oversee a court that, like the Fairfax Circuit Court, has one of the five Veteran Treatment Dockets currently operating in Virginia, an intensive court-supervised docket for military veterans with substance abuse and/or mental health issues. The Fairfax County General District Court is also involved in Diversion First, a county initiative that promotes alternatives to incarceration for people with mental illness or developmental disabilities coming into contact with the criminal justice system for low level offenses.

Mayne received her undergraduate degree from Pitzer College and her law degree from the George Mason University School of Law (now the Antonin Scalia Law School).

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