These records are part of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor record group (R.G. 129)
Arranged in series order.
Records of Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax, 2018-2020. Accession 53536, State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Transferred by the Office of Lieutenant Governor, 12 Jan 2022.
Justin Fairfax served as Virginia Lieutenant Governor during the administration of Governor Ralph Northam, January 13, 2018 - January 15, 2022. He graduated with a B.A. in Public Policy in 2000, and received a J.D. degree from Columbia Law School in 2004. Fairfax joined the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia in 2010 and served as a federal prosecutor in Alexandria, Va. He also served as the deputy coordinator for the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Task Force. He later joined the law firm Venable LLP, but resigned during his bid for office. Since the position of Lieutenant Governor is part-time, Fairfax joined the law firm of Morrison and Foerster in 2018, and served as the first head of the Democratic Lieutenant Governors Association.
The principal role of the lieutenant governor remains as a substitute for the governor in case of an emergency such as death or disability. The role as President of the Senate includes referring bills to committee, serving as Chairman of the Rules Committee, and appointing members to conference committees. An important, albeit unofficial, role of the lieutenant governor involves serving as the liaison between the governor and the senate. The lieutenant governor accomplishes this by introducing legislation or by gathering support for legislation in the senate. Lastly, the governor delegates the lieutenant governor to serve in a ceremonial capacity at certain social or state functions.
Records, 2018-2020, document the tenure of Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax during the administration of Governor Ralph Northam. These records consist of constituent correspondence, scheduling office files and subject files. All series are incomplete and do not cover the full time span of the administration, 2018-2021. The balance of the records were not transferred to the Library of Virginia.
Constituent correspondence includes correspondence from constituents, associations, businesses, localities, organizations, prisoners, students and teachers.
Scheduling files are arranged in chronological order and include correspondence, invitations to events, such as celebrations, conferences, and receptions; and requests for meetings, tours and speaking engagements. Correspondence includes notes as to whether invitations and requests were accepted or declined.
Subject files are arranged in alphabetical order and include agendas, articles, correspondence, presentations, and reports.