17 Facts About Dave Albo

David B Albo was born on April 18,1962 and is a retired Republican politician from the Commonwealth of Virginia, USA.

Dave Albo represented the 42nd district of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1994 to 2018.

Dave Albo is the most senior Northern Virginia majority party delegate in the House of Delegates.

Dave Albo is Chairman of the Courts of Justice Committee and a member of the General Laws and Privileges and Elections committees and a member of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission.

Since becoming Chairman of the House of Delegates Courts of Justice committee in 2006 Mr Dave Albo has overseen the writing of all of the Virginia civil procedure changes including; the creation of the Bill of Complaint as the primary civil pleading, the revision of the jurisdictional limits of the courts, and the modernization of evidentiary law.

Dave Albo proposed the bill on behalf of a constituent who was the victim of disparaging comments on FairfaxUnderground.

Animal Cruelty: Throughout his political career, Dave Albo has supported legislation to protect animals.

Dave Albo is responsible for making treatment programs mandatory for animal abuse violators and strengthening penalties for repeat offenders of the animal cruelty statue through his 2007 and 2010 legislation.

In 2016, Dave Albo's bill restored the powers of a standard law enforcement officer for Fairfax County Animal Control Officers.

Dave Albo supported large surcharges for felony and misdemeanor level driving convictions in 2007, a plan that met strong resistance from some Virginia residents.

Dave Albo was singled out for criticism in part because his law practice specializes in traffic defense, and could ostensibly gain from the new law.

Dave Albo countered by arguing that increased punishments on crimes could possibly lower the occurrence of crimes decreasing business for lawyers.

Dave Albo further pointed out that this was the case with the "Abuser Fees" that lowered the number of Reckless Driving charges.

Dave Albo defended the Governor's amendment and described it as a "weakness" but still advocated passage.

Dave Albo was an assistant city attorney for the City of Fairfax from 1990 to 1994, before going into private practice.

Dave Albo served as President of the West Springfield Civic Association from 1989 to 1993.

Dave Albo is currently a Partner at WilliamsMullen in Tysons, Virginia.