The Hon. Tonya Henderson-Stith is a judge for the 8th Judicial Circuit Court of Virginia. She was elected to the bench by the Virginia General Assembly in 2023, filling a vacancy created by the retirement of the Hon. Christopher W. Hutton.
The 8th Judicial Circuit encompasses the City of Hampton.
Prior to her election, Henderson-Stith was a judge for the 8th Judicial District Court, a position to which she was named in 2009.
Henderson-Stith earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia in 1990. She then completed a J.D. at the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1994. She is licensed to practice in Virginia (1995), the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit (1995), and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (1996).
After graduating from law school, Henderson-Stith entered into private practice as a sole practitioner. She worked in that capacity until 2006, at which time she joined McDermott, Roe & Walter in Hampton.
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