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Michael S. J. Chernau
County Attorney
Title: Senior Deputy County Attorney
Biographical History
Deputy County Attorney (1991)
University of Virginia, B.A. with Distinction, 1981
Georgetown University, J.D., 1985
Previously associated with Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle, Washington, D.C.
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