Teresa Marlene Chafin (born October 4, 1955) is a justice of theSupreme Court of Virginia.

Chafin is a native ofRussell County and the sister of the late state senatorBen Chafin.^[1] She received her undergraduate degree fromEmory and Henry College and herJuris Doctor from theUniversity of Richmond School of Law in 1987 and was admitted to the practice of law in 1988.^[2][3]

She was sworn in on June 18, 2012.^[4] Prior to her service on the appellate court, Chafin had a private practice based inLebanon, and sat as Circuit Court judge, primarily inTazewell County, Virginia from 2005 until 2012, including service as the chief judge of the 29th Circuit in 2008 and 2009. From 2002 until 2005, Judge Chafin served as Tazewell County's Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court judge. She left office on September 1, 2019, upon her elevation to the Supreme Court of Virginia.^[5]

On February 14, 2019, she was unanimously elected by theVirginia General Assembly to be a justice of theSupreme Court of Virginia, replacingElizabeth A. McClanahan who retired on September 1, 2019.^[6][7]

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