The General Assembly has followed the recommendation of its Arlington delegation, electing Daniel Lopez to an eight-year term on the 17th Judicial Circuit and Cari Steele to a six-year term to the General District Court.
Lopez currently serves on the General District Court, and on July 1 will succeed Circuit Court Chief Judge William Newman Jr. (He will not, however, become chief judge; likely a more senior judge will get that title.) Steele, who has been a member of the staff of the county’s commonwealth’s attorney for 22 years, will succeed Lopez.
