History of the Federal Judiciary


  U.S. District Courts for the Districts of West Virginia

   Judges of the Southern District of West Virginia
Number of judges who have served on the court: 18
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Keller, Benjamin Franklin (1901-1921)
McClintic, George Warwick (1921-1942)
Watkins, Harry Evans (1937-1963)
Moore, Ben (1941-1958)
Field, John A. Jr. (1959-1971)
Christie, Sidney Lee (1964-1974)
Knapp, Dennis Raymond (1970-1998)
Hall, Kenneth Keller (1971-1976)
Haden, Charles Harold II (1975-2004)
Copenhaver, John Thomas Jr. (1976-present)
Staker, Robert Jackson (1979-2005)
Kidd, William Matthew (1979-1983)
Hallanan, Elizabeth Virginia (1983-2004)
Faber, David A. (1991-present)
Goodwin, Joseph Robert (1995-present)
Chambers, Robert Charles (1997-present)
Johnston, Thomas E. (2006-present)
Berger, Irene Cornelia (2009-present)

 

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