Stuart Mendelsohn

Stuart 'Stu' Mendelsohn is an attorney who was the supervisor from the Dranesville District from 1996 to 2004.

Mendelsohn attended the Florida Institute of Technology, taking a B.S. degree in Ocean Engineering in 1974 and a M.S. degree in Environmental Engineering in 1975.

In 1983, Mendelsohn was promoted to manager of the systems/management support department at Analysis and Technology, Inc.

In 1984, Mendelsohn took his J.D. from George Mason University. He took the bar exam in 1986 and formed the law partnership of Mendelson and Ishee with James J. Ishee.

Dranesville Supervisor Ernest J. Berger announced his intention to nominate Mendelsohn to the Fairfax County School Board on February 23, 1993. Mendelsohn's appointement was confirmed unanimously by the Board of Supervisors on June 28.

Berger had conditioned his appointment of Mendelsohn upon Mendelsohn's promise that he would run for election to the school board in the elections of 1995. However, when Berger announced on February 28, 1995, that he would not seek a second term as supervisor after failing to gain his party's nomination for the chairman's office in the special election necessitated by Tom Davis' election to Congress in 1994, Mendelsohn sought Berger's seat on the Board of Supervisors.

After defeating James D. Anderson and Marcia P. Dykes in the June Republican primary, Mendelsohn was elected to the Board of Supervisors on November 7, 1995, defeating Democrat William J. Byrnes.

While still serving on the board, Mendelsohn took a part-time position with the law firm of Piper and Marbury in their new office in Reston.

Mendelsohn retained his seat on the board in the November 2, 1999 elections, defeating Barbara H. Phillips.

On July 22, 2002, Mendelsohn announced that he would not seek a third term as supervisor.

After leaving the Board of Supervisors, Mendelsohn joined the law firm of Holland and Knight in 2004. In October 2011, Mendelsohn was named the executive partner in the Tysons Corner office of the firm.

In June 2012, Mendelsohn was appointed to the George Mason University Board of Visitors by Governor Robert McDonnell.