EXPERIENCE
Ed Stein has served as
Commonwealth’s Attorney for Alleghany County, Covington,
Clifton Forge and Iron Gate since 2003. Prior to that he
was an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney in the same area
for 16 years. He has extensive experience in all phases of
criminal prosecution and successfully tried thousands of
cases including murders, rapes, child sexual abuse and
other serious crimes. In addition to his work here he was
appointed by the court to serve as a special prosecutor in
Rockbridge County, Montgomery County, Pittsylvania County
and the City of Buena Vista.
EDUCATION
Ed is a graduate of the
University of Pennsylvania and the Washington & Lee
School of Law in Lexington, Virginia. He has attended
numerous continuing legal education programs sponsored by
the Virginia Association of Commonwealth’s Attorneys and
the Virginia State Bar. In 2007 he has attended classes on
Search and Seizure, Constitutional Law and the Prosecution
of Crimes Committed on the Internet. He has also attended
joint training with the Alleghany County Sheriff’s
Department and other Law Enforcement throughout Western
Virginia on Internet Child Predators and Gang Violence.
COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT
Among his activities Ed is
a member of the Board of Directors of the local Domestic
Violence Shelter (Safe Homes). He is serving his second
term as a member of the regional Court Community
Corrections Board and the regional Alcohol Safety Action
Program Board, appointed to both by the Alleghany County
Board of Supervisors. He has also been a member of the
Covington Kiwanis Club since 1983.
In the past Ed has served
as the Chairman of the Alleghany Highlands School Board and
President of the Alleghany Highlands Chamber of Commerce.
FAMILY
Ed and his wife Kathleen
live in the Oakwood Forest section of Alleghany County. The
couple have 3 children. Amy, a 2003 graduate of Covington
High School currently lives in Germany with her husband and
their son. Corey, a 2003 graduate of Alleghany High School
is serving his country in the U.S. Army and is stationed at
Ft. Leonard Wood Missouri with his wife and their daughter.
Zoe is a 7th grade student at Clifton Middle School.