A veteran Richmond General District Court judge has been tapped to fill a seat on the city’s Circuit Court, and the daughter of the late Richmond attorney Leonard W. Lambert Sr. is headed to the bench in Henrico County.

Judge D. Eugene Cheek Sr., who has presided over criminal cases in the city’s lower court for more than 20 years, won election from the House of Delegates and state Senate to move up to Richmond Circuit Court to replace retiring Judge Gregory L. Rupe.

Judge Cheek is to begin his first eight-year term on the circuit court on July 1.

The legislature, however, has not filled his seat on the Richmond General District Court.

Separately, attorney Linda Y. Lambert was elected as a judge to the Henrico Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court. She is to begin her first six-year term on May 1.

Ms. Lambert has served as a substitute judge in the Henrico County court.