Lynwood W. Lewis

Professional career

• On March 7, 2024, the General Assembly unanimously approved Lewis’s appointment, following bipartisan support from both the Senate and House Courts of Justice Committees
• Formally invested in a ceremony in Accomack County on April 22, 2024, with outgoing Judge Revell Lewis passing the gavel to Lewis
• Lynwood W. Lewis Jr. is a retired Virginia state legislator and lawyer who was appointed in March 2024 by the Virginia General Assembly as the Circuit Court Judge for Accomack and Northampton counties on Virginia’s Eastern Shore
• In summary: Lynwood W. Lewis is a former Virginia senator and delegate now serving as the Eastern Shore’s Circuit Court Judge, appointed in 2024 to handle major civil and criminal cases in Accomack and Northampton counties
• Retired from the Senate in 2023 and was selected to replace retired Judge W. Revell Lewis III as the Eastern Shore’s circuit judge

Education

Additional information

• The six-year term began April 1, 2024.
• Virginia Senate (6th district) from 2014 to 2024, winning a special election in 2014 by a narrow margin.
• Virginia House of Delegates (100th district, Eastern Shore counties and parts of Norfolk/Hampton) from 2004 to 2014.
• Born November 26, 1961 in Nassawadox, Virginia, Lewis is a Democrat and a graduate of Hampden–Sydney College (BA) and the University of Richmond (JD).
• Lewis has stated his goal is to maintain a strong judicial bench and address new challenges in the legal community.
• The Circuit Court is a trial court of general jurisdiction established by the Supreme Court of Virginia.
• As Hon. Lynwood W. Lewis Jr., Circuit Court Judge for Northampton County, he presides over both civil and criminal cases in the Eastern Shore’s general jurisdiction trial court, with appellate authority over General District and Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court cases.