Judge Horne, Journalist Morton Celebrated as Loudoun Laurels
Retired Loudoun County Circuit Court Judge Thomas D. Horne and journalist Margaret Morton joined the ranks of Loudoun Laurels during a gala celebration at Belmont Country Club on Friday night.
[Sarah Huntington]
Horne retired from the bench in 2013, at the time the commonwealth’s longest serving Circuit Court judge. He is a 1965 graduate of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA, and a 1969 graduate of the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam. From 1980 to 1982, he served as the county’s commonwealth’s attorney. He first took the bench in 1982, and served for the next 31 years until he reached the mandatory retirement age of 70. Horne also was a driving force in establishing the 20th Judicial Circuit’s Law Camp, now named in his honor; the Loudoun County Legal Aid Society; and the drug court.
[Sarah Huntington]
Previously inducted Loudoun Laurels are Joseph L. Boling, Childs F. Burden, Stanley Caulkins, Dr. John H. Cook III, Fred E. Drummond, Kimball Hart, Edgar B. Hatrick, J. Hamilton Lambert, Joe T. May, James P. Roberts, Karen Hatcher Russell, Eugene M. Scheel, Robert E. Sevila, Lang and Judy Washburn, Su Webb, Cate Magennis Wyatt, and Paul Ziluca.
It was an absolutely amazing evening, and the honorees proved through their modesty and compassion why they merit the recognition. And to the editor and staff of Loudoun Now go true honors for being openly recognized as Loudoun’s finest publication.
Two amazing people and most deserving of this honor. Loudoun Now is the only true voice in Loudoun and Margaret has always been a major contributor to that and Judge Horne is a “Legend”. Thank goodness for all his time on the bench and his great leadership bringing the Courts to the 21st Century in Loudoun County.