Judge Marilynn C. Goss

Judge Marilynn C. Goss

Howard University Summer Institute – 1979

“CLEO provided the foundation I needed for law school with a focus on legal writing and research and helped me develop the skills and confidence I needed as I entered law school. I will always be thankful to the organization for having been selected to participate in its 1979 summer program and I’m proud to be included among the ‘Judges of CLEO’.”


Judge Marilynn C. Goss was appointed on May 1, 2008 to the Richmond Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court and is the presiding judge of the Richmond Juvenile Drug Treatment Court. Prior to her appointment, she practiced poverty law for 26 years at the Central Virginia Legal Aid Society and The Legal Aid Justice Center. In addition, Judge Goss had previously been a substitute judge in both the General District and Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts. Judge Goss received her Juris Doctorate degree in 1982 from the University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law and her Bachelor of Arts degree from Marshall University in 1975.