Cleo Elaine Powell (born January 12, 1957) is a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia.

She was sworn in on October 21, 2011, for a term ending on July 31, 2023.

Justice Powell is the first African-American female to serve on Virginia's highest court and the fifth woman to serve on the court.

Powell served at every level of Virginia's judicial system as a judge, working as a General District Court Judge in Chesterfield, Virginia and Colonial Heights, Virginia from 1993 until 2000, a Circuit Court Judge in the same jurisdictions from 2000 until 2008, and on the Court of Appeals of Virginia from 2008 until 2011.

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