David Bernhard

David Bernhard is a judge on the Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Bernhard was formerly a trial judge of the Fairfax Circuit Court, elected February 23, 2017, by the Virginia Senate and the Virginia House of Delegates, for an 8-year term commencing July 1, 2017; he was sworn into office on June 30, 2017. On March 7, 2024, the Virginia General Assembly elected him to serve as a judge on the Court of Appeals for an 8-year term commencing January 1, 2025.

Bernhard is the second immigrant, and the first one from Latin America, to have been elected to a Virginia Circuit Court. He is also the first Hispanic and Latino American and first immigrant elected to serve on a Virginia appellate court. Provided by Wikipedia