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U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia: Judges
Number of judges: 51
Tucker, St. George (1819-1825)
Hay, George (1825-1830)
Barbour, Philip Pendleton (1830-1836)
Daniel, Peter Vivian (1836-1841)
Mason, John Young (1841-1844)
Halyburton, James Dandridge (1844-1861)
Underwood, John Curtiss (1863-1864), (1871-1873)
Hughes, Robert William (1874-1898)
Waddill, Edmund, Jr. (1898-1921)
Groner, Duncan Lawrence (1921-1931)
Way, Luther B. (1931-1943)
Pollard, Robert Nelson (1936-1954)
Hutcheson, Charles Sterling (1944-1969)
Bryan, Albert Vickers (1947-1961)
Hoffman, Walter Edward (1954-1996)
Lewis, Oren Ritter (1960-1983)
Butzner, John Decker, Jr. (1962-1967)
Merhige, Robert Reynold, Jr. (1967-1998)
MacKenzie, John Ashton (1967-1998)
Kellam, Richard Boykin (1967-1996)
Bryan, Albert Vickers, Jr. (1971-2019)
Warriner, David Dortch (1974-1986)
Clarke, Joseph Calvitt, Jr. (1974-2004)
Williams, Richard Leroy (1980-2011)
Cacheris, James Chris (1981-2018)
Doumar, Robert George (1981-2023)
Hilton, Claude M. (1985-present)
Spencer, James Randolph (1986-2017)
Ellis, Thomas Selby III (1987-2025)
Smith, Rebecca Beach (1989-present)
Morgan, Henry Coke, Jr. (1992-2022)
Payne, Robert E. (1992-present)
Brinkema, Leonie M. (1993-present)
Jackson, Raymond Alvin (1993-present)
Friedman, Jerome B. (1997-2011)
Lee, Gerald Bruce (1998-2017)
Hudson, Henry E. (2002-present)
Kelley, Walter DeKalb, Jr. (2004-2008)
O'Grady, Liam (2007-2023)
Davis, Mark Steven (2008-present)
Trenga, Anthony John (2008-present)
Gibney, John Adrian, Jr. (2010-present)
Allen, Arenda Lauretta Wright (2011-present)
Lauck, M[ary] Hannah (2014-present)
Alston, Rossie David, Jr. (2019-present)
Novak, David John (2019-present)
Young, Roderick Charles (2020-present)
Giles, Patricia Tolliver (2021-present)
Nachmanoff, Michael Stefan (2021-present)
Hanes, Elizabeth Wilson (2022-present)
Walker, Jamar Kentrell (2023-present)