<Tr> <Th> Since </Th> <Td> 2015 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Lead position ends </Th> <Td> 2019 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Court of Appeals of Virginia, established January 1, 1985, is an eleven - judge body that hears appeals from decisions of Virginia's circuit courts and the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission . The Court sits in panels of at least three judges, and sometimes hears cases en banc . Appeals from the Court of Appeals go to the Supreme Court of Virginia . </P> <P> The need for expanded appellate capacity was first recognized in 1971 . The report of the Virginia Court System Study Commission, composed of distinguished legislators and members of the bench and bar, recommended a reorganization plan for a unified court system . The Commission, chaired by former Chief Justice Lawrence W. I'Anson, recognized the need for an intermediate appellate court in Virginia which would absorb the bulk of review of circuit court appeals, while preserving the Supreme Court as a single body concentrating on the development of the law . </P>

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