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This resolution commends Honorable R. Frances O'Brien upon her retirement as chief judge of the General District Court for Arlington County and the City of Falls Church in 2025. The resolution highlights O'Brien's distinguished legal career, including her educational background from Mount St. Mary's University and Loyola University School of Law, her early work as an assistant state's attorney in Baltimore, and her subsequent role as a senior assistant Commonwealth's attorney in Northern Virginia. Appointed as a General District Court judge in 2013, O'Brien is praised for her fairness, wisdom, and visionary leadership, particularly for creating the Arlington County Behavioral Health Docket, which helps divert defendants with mental health disorders into community-based treatment programs. The resolution acknowledges her significant contributions to the legal system and her service to Arlington County, Falls Church, and the Commonwealth of Virginia, and formally requests that the House of Delegates' Clerk prepare a copy of the resolution to be presented to Judge O'Brien as an expression of admiration for her outstanding service.

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HJ636