As D. Scott Bailey prepared to be sworn in as a judge in Prince William Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, he said he found himself surrounded by support from family, friends and co-workers.
During his investiture ceremony Friday, Bailey’s parents and fiancee, Elizabeth, stood beside him as he took his oath.
Bailey said he felt surrounded by “a network of support and love.”
That network is something many children and others who find themselves in juvenile court don’t have, Bailey said.
And that’s one of the reasons Bailey said he is proud to become a judge in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, where he can help provide that kind of support for others.
During a short ceremony in Prince William Circuit Court Friday, Bailey donned the judge’s robe and officially joined the bench.
Bailey is a lifelong Prince William County resident and a graduate of Brentsville District High School and the College of William and Mary.
He graduated from William and Mary’s Marshall-Wythe School of Law in 1988 and began working with the law firm Stephens, Boatwright and Howard in Manassas.
In 1995 he joined the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office, where he worked as an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney until this year.
Outside of the courtroom, Bailey is known for his involvement in community theater and he helped found the local theater company Rooftop Productions in 2003.
Bailey is replacing Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Judge James B. Robeson, who retired earlier this year.
During the ceremony Friday, Prince William County Bar Association President Barry Zweig said he and his colleagues would be sad to lose Bailey as an attorney but glad to gain him as a judge.
“The most important thing to say is that the things we are going to miss about him as a lawyer: his humility, kindness, compassion, integrity and humor ... are the things that are going to make him an exceptional judge,” Zweig said.
Staff writer Amanda Stewart can be reached at 703-878-8014.
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