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February 26, 2016
Virginia General Assemb ly
#DiversityInJusticeVAPresenters: Justin E. Fairfax, Esq.Manuel E. Leiva, Esq.
Ann N. Luu, Esq.
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WHY ARE WE HERE?
Racial and Ethnic Population DistributionAlexandria General Population
2000 2010 2014
White (Non-Hispanic) 53.7% 53.5% 52.3%
Black 22.5% 21.8% 22.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 5.8% 6.1% 7.0%
American Indian and
Alaska Native
0.3% 0.4% 0.8%
Other 7.4% 7.1% 3.1%
Hispanic 14.7% 16.1% 16.6%*Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population and Housing
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Racial and Ethnic Population DistributionArlington County General Population
2000 2010 2014
White (Non-Hispanic) 60.4% 64.0% 62.8%
Black 9.3% 8.5% 9.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 8.7% 9.7% 10.4%
American Indian and
Alaska Native
0.3% 0.5% 0.7%
Other 8.3% 5.9% 3.2%
Hispanic 18.6% 15.1% 15.7%*Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population and Housing
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Racial and Ethnic Population DistributionFairfax County General Population
2000 2010 2014
White (Non-Hispanic) 64.4% 54.6% 52.0%
Black 8.6% 9.2% 10.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 13.1% 17.6% 19.3%
American Indian and
Alaska Native
0.3% 0.4% 0.7%
Other 4.5% 6.1% 3.5%
Hispanic 11.0% 15.6% 16.4%*Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population and Housing
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Racial and Ethnic Population DistributionLoudoun County General Population
2000 2010 2014
White (Non-Hispanic) 79.6% 62.4% 58.8%
Black 6.9% 7.3% 7.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 5.4% 14.8% 17.4%
American Indian and
Alaska Native
0.2% 0.3% 0.5%
Other 2.3% 4.9% 3.5%
Hispanic 5.9% 12.4% 13.4%*Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population and Housing
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Racial and Ethnic Population DistributionPrince William County General Population
2000 2010 2014
White (Non-Hispanic) 64.7% 48.7% 45.7%
Black 18.8% 20.2% 21.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.9% 7.6% 8.6%
American Indian and
Alaska Native
0.4% 0.6% 1.1%
Other 4.3% 8.6% 4.4%
Hispanic 9.7% 20.3% 22.0%*Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population and Housing
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Locality Number of
Judges
African-
American
Hispanic Asian-
American
Fairfax
County
32 1 0 2
Loudoun
County
12 0 0 0
Arlington
County
8 1 0 0
Alexandria 7 1 1 0
Prince
William
County
15 1 0 0
Diversity of The Northern Virginia Judiciary (2016)
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ALEXANDRIA
52%
48%
Population
Non-Minority
Minority
U.S. Census 2014
71%
29%
Judges
Non-Minority
Minority
2016
2 out of 7
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ARLINGTON
63%
37%
Population
Non-Minority
Minority
U.S. Census 2014
87%
13%
Judges
Non-Minority
Minority
2016
1 out of 8
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FAIRFAX
52%
48%
Population
Non-Minority
Minority
U.S. Census 2014
91%
9%
Judges
Non-Minority
Minority
2016
3 out of 32
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LOUDOUN
59%
41%
Population
Non-Minority
Minority
U.S. Census 2014
100%
0% JudgesNon-Minority
Minority
2016
0 out of 12
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PRINCE WILLIAM
46%
54%
Population
Non-Minority
Minority
U.S. Census 2014
93%
7%
Judges
Non-Minority
Minority
2016
1 out of 15
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Spotlight: Fairfax County
32Total Number of Judges in Fairfax
1Number of African-American Judges in Fairfax
0Number of African-American Judges on Circuit or District Court
0Number of Hispanic Judges EVER Appointed in Fairfax
2Number of Asian-American Judges in Fairfax
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Spotlight: Fairfax County
22 YearsSince an African-American Judge Was Appointed
(Hon. Gayle Carr – Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court -1994)
24 YearsSince an African-American Was Appointed to Circuit Court
(Hon. Gerald Bruce Lee - 1992)
29 YearsSince an African-American Was Appointed to District Court
(Hon. Marcus D. Williams - 1987)
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Spotlight: Prince William County
15
Total Number of Judges in Prince William County
1
Number of African-American Judges in Prince William County
0
Number of Hispanic Judges in Prince William County
0
Number of Asian-American Judges in Prince William County
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Spotlight: Loudoun County
12Total Number of Judges in Loudoun
0Number of African-American Judges EVER Appointed in Loudoun
0
Number of Hispanic Judges EVER Appointed in Loudoun
0Number of Asian-American Judges EVER Appointed in Loudoun
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WHY ARE WE HERE?
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VA Lawyers Weekly
“Diversi ty Lackin g on the Bench ?”
January 25, 2016
-Justin E. Fairfax, Esq., Counsel at Venable LLP,
Former Federal Prosecutor
“Essentially, it’s reached a point where the makeup of the
judiciary in Northern Virginia is not reflective of the
community it serves.”
“[T]he issue extends to prosecutors and
public defenders.” Lawyers with commonwealth’s attorney’s
offices and public defenders ‘all too
often lack much if any racial diversity.’”
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WHY ARE WE HERE?
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VA Lawyers Weekly
“Diversi ty Lack ing on the Bench ?”
January 25, 2016
“I would venture to say the bench does not representthe actual community.”
“[W]omen are fairly represented on the Fairfax
bench, but [Kay] acknowledged a lapse in minority judges.”
- Douglas R. Kay,
Fairfax Bar Association President
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WHY DIVERSITY IN THE
JUDICIARY MATTERS
“Diversity on the bench is important, both because a
divers i ty of v iewpoints w i ll produ ce a more robust
ju r isp rudence , and because it will enhance the
legi t imacy o f our system o f just ice in the eyes of anincreasingly diverse public."
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Monique Chase & Emma Greenman,
Improving Judicial Diversity , Brennan Center for Justice
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WHY DIVERSITY IN THE
JUDICIARY MATTERS“Judges are not the exclusive province of any
one section of society. Rather they must provide
jus t ice fo r all .”
“In order for a judicia l select ion to be cons idered
fair and impart ial , i t must be seen as
representative of the community .”
“It is imp ortant for a select ion sy stem insofar as it
is possible, to advance methods that provide for a
jud ic ial bench that ref lec ts the d ivers ity o f its
qual i f ied app l icants .”
Professor Jeffrey D.
Jackson
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WHY DIVERSITY IN THE
JUDICIARY MATTERSSupreme Court Justices also believe that
diversity on the bench improves judicial decision
making.
For example, Justice Powell noted that “a
member of a previously excluded group can
bring insights to the Court that the rest of its
members lack.”
Kevin R. Johnson & Luis Fuentes-Rohwer, A Principled Approach to the Quest
for Racial Diversity on the Judiciary , 10 Michigan J. Of Race & L. 2, 23 (2004)
(quoting J. Powell).
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WHY DIVERSITY IN THE
JUDICIARY MATTERS
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has
commented that a “system of justice is thericher for the diversity of background and
experience of its participants.”
Jeffrey D. Jackson, Beyond Quality: First Principles in Judicial Selection and
their Application to a Commission-Based Selection System, 34 Fordham Urb.
L.J. 125, 141 note 20 (2007).
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HOW DID WE GET HERE?
COMMON MYTHSMyth #1: “Minorities Don’t Apply to Be Judges” — FALSECandidate Court Years
Richard Allen Alexandria JDR 2008
Richard Carnell Baker Fairfax JDR 1996
Donna Banks Fairfax JDR
Fairfax JDR
2016
2005David Bernhard Fairfax Circuit Ct 2009
Sudeep Bose Arlington JDR 2015
Dontae Bugg Fairfax GDC 2015
Gayle B. Carr Fairfax Circuit Ct
Fairfax Circuit Ct
2008
2007
Dale Dover Fairfax JDR 2003
Kathryn Dickerson Fairfax Circuit Ct 20152014
Toni S. Fay Fairfax GDC 2006
Daniel Lopez Fairfax GDC
Arlington JDR
Fairfax Circuit Ct
2015
2015
2014
Gina Marine Arlington JDR 2015
Anita V. McFadden Fairfax GDC
Fairfax GDC
2015
2014
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HOW DID WE GET HERE?
COMMON MYTHSMyth #1 (cont ): “Minorities Don’t Apply to Be Judges” — FALSE
Candidate Court Years
Karen Turner McWilliams Fairfax Circuit Ct 2006
Petula C. Metzler Prince William Circuit CtPrince William GDC
20152015
Su Yong Min Arlington JDR
Fairfax JDR
2015
2016
Devanshi Patel Arlington JDR 2015
Luis Perez Fairfax JDR
Fairfax GDC Alexandria JDR
Fairfax JDR
Fairfax JDR
Fairfax JDR
2016
20152008
2008
2006
2005
Claiborne Richardson Prince William GDC
Prince William GDC
Prince William JDR
Prince William GDC
2014
2013
2013
2012
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HOW DID WE GET HERE?
COMMON MYTHSMyth #1 (cont): “Minorities Don’t Apply to Be Judges” — FALSE
Candidate Court YearsTurkessa Rollins Prince William GDC
Prince William GDCPrince William GDC
2014
20132012
May Shallal Fairfax JDR 2016
Lorrie A. Sinclair Loudoun GDC
Loudoun Circuit Ct
Loudoun Circuit Ct
2011
2013
2014
Marcia K. Thompson Fairfax JDR
Fairfax JDR
2006
2005
Zaida Thompson Loudoun GDC
Loudoun Circuit Ct
Loudoun Circuit Ct
2011
2012
2013
Howard Woodson Alexandria JDR 2008
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HOW DID WE GET HERE?
COMMON MYTHSMyth #1 (cont): “Minorities Don’t Apply to Be Judges” — FALSE
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0
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4
6
8
10
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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Minority Applications
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HOW DID WE GET HERE?
“Chilling Effect”
While many minorities have applied for judgeships, consistent rejection of minority
applicants over the past 30 years has had a
“chilling effect” and likely has discouraged
more minorities from submitting applications.
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HOW DID WE GET HERE?
Accomplishments of Minority Judicial Applicants
#DiversityInJusticeVA
President, Virginia Women
Attorneys Association
President, Hispanic Bar Association
of Virginia
President, Asian Pacific American
Bar Association of Virginia
President, Northern Virginia Black
Attorneys Association
Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating
Virginia Lawyers Weekly
“Leaders in the Law”
AMLaw 100 Law Firm Partnerships
Appointed as Substitute Judges
Prosecutors, Public Defenders,
Assistant County Attorneys
Capital-Case Certified
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HOW DID WE GET HERE?
COMMON MYTHS Even minority candidates ranked as
“recommended” and “highly recommended”are repeatedly passed over .
Spotlight: Turkessa Rollins (2015)
Ranked #1 by Prince William County Bar
Served as a Substitute Judge
“Highly Recommended” by Diverse Bars
Was Not Even Granted an Interview by theCourts of Justice Committee
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Significant examples to the contrary
Spotlight: U.S. District Court Judge Gerald Bruce Lee
o Did not receive the support of the FBA in
his 3rd attempt at the Fairfax Circuit Court
o Still Interviewed by Legislature and Appointed (1992)o Later Nominated by President and confirmed by the
U.S. Senate as a Federal Judge (1998)
o Widely recognized as a legal giant in Virginia andelsewhere, and has had a stellar and distinguished legalcareer
Myth #2: “If a Minority Candidate Does Not Receive the Support of the
Local Bar, They Will Not Be a Good Judge.” – FALSE
HOW DID WE GET HERE?
COMMON MYTHS
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Spotlight: Judge Johanna Fitzpatrick
o Did not receive the support of the FBA
o Later became Chief Judge of the Virginia
Court of Appeals
o Highly regarded and widely respected jurist
HOW DID WE GET HERE?
COMMON MYTHS
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Myth #2: “If a Minority Candidate Does Not Receive the Support of the
Local Bar, They Will Not Be a Good Judge.” – FALSE
HOW DO LEGISLATORS SOLVE
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HOW DO LEGISLATORS SOLVE
THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM?
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Prioritize Diversity as Part of the Judicial Selection Process
2. Broaden Pool of Applicants Interviewed by Legislators
3. More Heavily Weigh and Carefully Consider Evaluations and
Recommendations of Diverse Bar Associations
4. Increase Transparency in the Judicial Selection Process
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ACCOUNTABILITY ACTIONS
Issue and Publicize Legislative Scorecards
Grade legislators on their commitment to and effectiveness
in creating a diverse judiciary.
Publicize scorecards to Diverse Bar Membership, CoalitionPartners, Civic Organization Membership, and the Broader
Community
Publicize EVERY judicial selection process
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ACCOUNTABILITY ACTIONSMeasure Progress
Publish Diversity Statistics
Annual General Assembly Lobby Day
Highlight progress, regression, or stagnation and meetwith Legislators
Engage the Media
Engage Coalition Partners and Community
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CONTACT US
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