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# Daniel S. Fiore

Arlington Circuit Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Arlington Circuit Court
- State: Virginia
- Role: Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-26

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### cell phones and electronic devices

Scope: statewide

Virginia courts commonly restrict cell phones and other electronic devices in court buildings; counsel and litigants should check the local court policy before arrival.

Evidence excerpt: Most courts in Virginia do not allow you to bring a cell phone or other electronic device into the building.

[Cell Phone & Electronic Device Policy](https://selfhelp.vacourts.gov/node/30/cell-phone-electronic-device-policy)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.vacourts.gov/static/directories/judges_rule115.pdf)
- [Official roster](https://www.vacourts.gov/static/directories/judges_rule115.pdf)
- [Office of the Executive Secretary, Supreme Court of Virginia official judicial roster](https://www.vacourts.gov/static/directories/judges_rule115.pdf)
- [Cell Phone & Electronic Device Policy](https://selfhelp.vacourts.gov/node/30/cell-phone-electronic-device-policy)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Listed as a Presiding Judge on the Arlington County Circuit Court roster
- Judge Daniel S. Fiore, II serves on the 17th Judicial Circuit Court of Virginia, which covers Arlington County and the City of Falls Church
- He has taught commercial law for more than 15 years at the Antonin Scalia Law School as a distinguished adjunct professor

### Education

- George Mason University School of Law (now Antonin Scalia Law School) — J.D. (1981)
- Duquesne University — B.A.

### Additional information

- Elected by the Virginia General Assembly in 2012
- Before becoming a judge, Fiore spent 31 years as a trial attorney and was the managing partner of a national commercial litigation law firm.
- Appointed by Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justices to the Office of Executive Secretary’s Education Committee, contributing to statewide judicial education programs
- Serves alongside Judges Judith L. Wheat, Louise M. DiMatteo, and Daniel T. Lopez in the 17th Judicial Circuit
- He previously served in several Arlington leadership roles, including: President, Arlington County Bar Association Chairman, Arlington County Human Rights Commission Chairman, Arlington County Fire Trial Board Chairman, Arlington County Bar Foundation Commissioner in chancery for the Arlington Circuit Court Substitute judge for the Arlington County General District Court for over a decade