Steven C. Frucci (born 1966 in Brunswick, Georgia) is a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia, elected by the Senate and House of Delegates of Virginia to serve an 8-year term of office beginning March 16, 2024.

[3] Frucci was admitted to the Virginia Bar in the fall of 1991, and the Hawaii Bar in 1997 and, for the 18 years prior to taking the bench, was a trial attorney in criminal and civil areas of practice.

Further, Frucci has always been an outspoken advocate for the importance of appropriate judicial demeanor within the Virginia judiciary.

[6] Frucci wrote an opinion while a Circuit Court Judge in 2014 wherein he ruled for the first time that passcodes in iPhones are constitutionally protected under the fifth amendment, while fingerprint security measures are not.

[7][8] Frucci also ruled in 2016, for the first time in Virginia, that a non-biological spouse enjoyed parental rights to a child raised within a same-sex marriage.