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# Sage B. Johnson

Bristol Circuit Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Bristol 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

- Presiding judge of the 28th Judicial Circuit Court of Virginia, covering Bristol, Smyth, and Washington counties, appointed by the Virginia General Assembly in 2012
- First judicial role: Judge, 28th Judicial District Court of Virginia (2005)
- Clerk’s Office: (276) 645‐7321, 497 Cumberland Street, Bristol, VA

### Education

- B.A., Hampden‐Sydney College J.D., University of Richmond School of Law (1995)

### Additional information

- In September 2024, Judge Johnson dismissed a lawsuit filed by property owners seeking to oust Bristol Women’s Health, the region’s only abortion clinic, ruling that the plaintiffs filed too late and waived their right to rescind the lease due to alleged fraud.
- Admissions: Virginia Bar (1996), U.S. District Courts (Eastern & Western Virginia), U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Virginia
- Before judiciary: Partner in a family law firm with his father, Joe Johnson
- A counterclaim for an injunction to prevent eviction remains pending.
- He noted that the owners had treated the lease as valid, accepted rent, and failed to act promptly on the fraud claim.