Glen A. Huff
Glen Alton Huff is a former judge of the Virginia Court of Appeals.
Life and education
Huff was born in 1951 in Skowhegan, Maine. He received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Maine and his Juris Doctor from the University of New Hampshire School of Law.
Legal career
He practiced law with the firm of Huff, Poole & Mahoney, P.C. in Hampton Roads, Virginia.
The General Assembly elected him on July 29, 2011, to an eight-year term beginning August 1, 2011, to fill the vacancy created by Cleo E. Powell's elevation to the Supreme Court of Virginia. He was elected by the court on October 20, 2014, to a four-year term as chief judge beginning January 1, 2015, filling the vacancy created by the retirement of Walter S. Felton Jr. He was succeeded as chief judge by Judge Marla Graff Decker. He was re-elected to a second eight-year term on January 16, 2019, set to expire in 2027. However, on March 1, 2024, State Senator Scott Surovell revealed that Judge Huff "had written a letter advising he would be retiring from the court" on December 31, 2024. The General Assembly elected Fairfax Circuit Court judge David Bernhard to succeed him, starting January 1, 2025.