Petra Haskins joined the office as a Senior Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney in June, 2010. She is now the Chief Deputy Commonwealth Attorney.
Petra graduated from George Mason University in 1992 with a bachelor of science in Administration of Justice. She received her juris doctorate from George Mason University School of Law in 1996.
Petra is a supervising attorney who is primarily assigned to prosecuting felony cases in the Circuit Court although she does handle dockets in the lower courts as well. Petra also participates in the coordination of the multidisciplinary team and in the Sexual Assault Response Team.