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Kaine to tap Goodwyn for high court

October 10th, 2007 · No Comments · Chesapeake, Gov. Kaine, Supreme Court of Virginia

Gov. Tim Kaine will appoint Chesapeake Circuit Judge S. Bernard Goodwyn to the Supreme Court of Virginia, according to the Associated Press.

The governor will hold a news conference this morning to introduce his choice.

Goodwyn, 46, will succeed Justice Elizabeth B. Lacy, who retired in August. Goodwyn will be the second African-American justice on the current court, joining Chief Justice Leroy Rountree Hassell Sr.

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