Judge Melissa Cupp?

We hear that a local lawyer with roots in Rappahannock County could become the next judge of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court for the circuit encompassing Rappahannock, Loudoun and Fauquier counties.

Melissa Cupp, a former associate of Baumgardner & Brown in the town of Washington who has since joined the Northern Virginia firm of Vanderpool, Frostick & Nishanian, P.C., has handled hundreds of Department of Social Services cases in several jurisdictions, earning a reputation has a strong advocate for children.

She could be appointed judge by the state of Virginia as early as this Saturday, Feb. 25, when a previously delayed vote is scheduled to take place.