LeRoy F. Millette Jr. External links Navigation menuCollege of William & Mary profileOfficial...
1949 birthsLiving peopleVirginia Supreme Court justicesCollege of William & Mary alumniWilliam & Mary Law School alumniPeople from Prince William County, VirginiaPeople from Lewistown, Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of VirginiaTim KaineG. Steven Agee4th Circuit Court of AppealsCourt of Appeals of VirginiaJohn Allen MuhammadLorena BobbittLawrence L. Koontz Jr.Barbara Milano KeenanCollege of William and MaryMarshall–Wythe School of LawCleo E. Powell
LeRoy F. Millette Jr. | |
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| Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia | |
In office August 19, 2008 – July 31, 2015 | |
| Appointed by | Tim Kaine |
| Preceded by | G. Steven Agee |
| Succeeded by | Jane Marum Roush |
| Judge of the Virginia Court of Appeals | |
In office November 26, 2007 – August 19, 2008 | |
| Appointed by | Tim Kaine |
| Preceded by | James W. Benton |
| Succeeded by | Cleo E. Powell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | LeRoy Francis Millette Jr. (1949-07-30) July 30, 1949 Lewistown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Elizabeth O'Brien |
| Alma mater | College of William & Mary |
LeRoy Francis Millette Jr. (born July 30, 1949) is a senior justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. Justice Millette was appointed to the Court by Virginia Governor Tim Kaine to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of Justice G. Steven Agee, who had been appointed to the federal 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. On February 11, 2009, Justice Millette was confirmed for a full 12-year term by the Virginia General Assembly beginning retroactive to February 1, 2009. He entered senior service in 2015. Millette previously served for less than one year on the Court of Appeals of Virginia, also having been appointed by Gov. Kaine and then being subsequently confirmed by the General Assembly. Prior to that, he served as a judge of the Circuit Court of Prince William County, Virginia, in which position he presided over the capital murder trial of John Allen Muhammad, the infamous Beltway Sniper. Millette confirmed the jury's sentence of death of Muhammad. Millette also was involved in some of the proceedings of the Lorena Bobbitt trial in 1993. Prior to serving on the Circuit Court, Judge Millette was a General District Court Judge, making him one of only three Virginia jurists, along with Justice Lawrence L. Koontz Jr. and Justice Barbara Milano Keenan, to have served at all four levels of courts in Virginia. He received his undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary and his law degree from the Marshall–Wythe School of Law at William and Mary. Justice Millette is married to M. Elizabeth O’Brien Millette and they have two children, Lauren Elizabeth Millette and LeRoy F. Millette III.
Gov. Kaine appointed Chesterfield Circuit Court Judge Cleo E. Powell to fill Millette's seat on the Court of Appeals. Millette was sworn in as a Supreme Court Justice on September 5, 2008.
External links
- College of William & Mary profile
Official announcement of Millette's appointment – Office of the Governor of Virginia
