Randolph A. (Randy) Beales (born 1960) is a judge on the Virginia Court of Appeals. He previously served as Chief Deputy Attorney General and succeeded to the position of Attorney General of Virginia in 2001.
Beales is from Boydton, Virginia [1] and graduated from the College of William and Mary and received his law degree from the University of Virginia in 1986.
Beales served in the federal government as a Republican appointee in the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. In 1994, he was tapped by Virginia Governor George Allen to serve in the Office of the Secretary of Education leading the Governor's Champion Schools initiative. In 1998, Beales was appointed Chief Deputy Attorney General by Virginia Attorney General Mark Earley.
On June 4, 2001, Earley resigned as Attorney General to seek the Republican nomination for Governor and Beales succeeded to the position of Attorney General. He was later confirmed in that position by the Virginia General Assembly.
He was elected a judge of the Virginia Court of Appeals by the Virginia General Assembly on March 10, 2006 to a term ending in April 15, 2014.[2]
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| Preceded by Mark Earley |
Attorney General of Virginia June 4, 2001–January 12, 2002 |
Succeeded by Jerry W. Kilgore |
| Preceded by |
Judge, Virginia Court of Appeals March 10, 2006–Present |
Succeeded by incumbent |