The Hon. Rufus A. Banks, Jr. is a judge for the 1st Judicial Circuit Court of Virginia in Chesapeake. He assumed the seat in 2018.
Banks began his judicial career as a judge for the Chesapeake Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court in the 1st Judicial District in 1999.
Prior to joining the bench, he was in private practice at Huff, Poole & Mahoney, PC since 1996. Before that, he was an assistant commonwealth’s attorney for the City of Portsmouth (1993 to 1996).
Banks received a bachelor’s degree from Old Dominion University in 1987. He then completed a J.D. at North Carolina Central University School of Law in 1992.