Justice Cleo Elaine Powell, First and Only African American Woman on Virginia High Court, to Receive Diversity Achievement Award

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Cleo Elaine Powell, a Virginia Supreme Court justice who in 2011 became the first and only African American woman to serve on the state’s high court in its 244-year history, has been named the 2023 recipient of the state bar’s Clarence M. Dunnaville Jr. Achievement Award.