David A. Oblon will be presented his official commission as a Fairfax Circuit Court judge on Friday, Jan. 5, 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 “snow date” for the ceremony is Friday, Jan. 19).

At the ceremony, Delegate Richard C. (Rip) Sullivan Jr. will present Oblon with his official commission and Oblon’s law school friend, 17th Judicial Circuit Clerk of Court Paul F. Ferguson, will ceremoniously administer the oath. Oblon previously took his oath of office on Dec. 21. State Senator Scott A. Surovell and retiring Delegate David B. Albo will make some remarks. 

Before joining the Circuit Court, Oblon served almost a decade as a substitute judge for the General District Courts while engaged in private practice with the law firm Albo & Oblon, L.L.P.

Oblon earned his Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs from the George Washington University and his law degree from the George Mason University School of Law (now the Antonin Scalia Law School).

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