Reelection and Vision for the City

The Honorable Ramin Fatehi, has been Norfolk's Commonwealth's Attorney since 2022.  A prosecutor since 2006, Fatehi has tried 45 jury trials for cases including murder, home invasion, rape, armed robbery, burglary, drug distribution and embezzlement as well as hundreds of bench trials. 

Fatehi was born in Suffolk, Virginia, and moved to Tehran, Iran, as an infant. His family moved back to Hampton Roads when he was 7. He graduated from Norfolk Academy, earned his bachelor’s degree in history at Yale University, and earned his law degree at Columbia Law School. After law school, Mr. Fatehi served as a law clerk to the Hon. Elizabeth B. Lacy, the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Virginia, then worked in corporate law in Washington, D.C., before choosing to become a Public Defender in Richmond.

Mr. Fatehi lives in Colonial Place with his wife, Mary Beth, a Senior Lecturer at Old Dominion University, and their sons Thomas and James.