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William C. Mims

Born 6/20/1957

Judicial Career

  • judVA
    4/1/2010 – present

Biography

William Cleveland Mims is an American jurist and senior justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia. He is a former member of the Virginia General Assembly and Attorney General of Virginia. He is the second person in Virginia history to serve in these three offices. He presently is a lecturer and director of the pre-law program at Christopher Newport University, and swore in Governor Abigail Spanberger on January 17, 2026.

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