Va. Code § 16.1-69.12: Limitations on practice of law by judges

(a) A general district court judge or juvenile and domestic relations district court judge elected as a full-time judge for a term commencing on or after July 1, 1980, shall be prohibited from engaging in the practice of law.(b) [Repealed.](c) Substitute judges shall not appear as counsel in any civil or criminal case arising out of the circumstances which were involved in any other case brought before them.1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546; 1980, c. 194.