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Hanes, Elizabeth Wilson
Born 1978 in Roanoke, VA
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Nominated by Joseph R. Biden on May 19, 2022, to a seat vacated by John Adrian Gibney, Jr. Confirmed by the Senate on August 2, 2022, and received commission on August 5, 2022.
Other Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 2020-2022
Education:
University of Richmond, B.A., 2000
University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law (now University of Richmond School of Law), J.D., 2007
Professional Career:
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Nominated by Joseph R. Biden on May 19, 2022, to a seat vacated by John Adrian Gibney, Jr. Confirmed by the Senate on August 2, 2022, and received commission on August 5, 2022.
Other Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 2020-2022
Education:
University of Richmond, B.A., 2000
University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law (now University of Richmond School of Law), J.D., 2007
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Joseph R. Goodwin, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, 2007-2008
Law clerk, Hon. Robert B. King, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2008-2009
Assistant federal public defender, Eastern District of Virginia, 2009-2016
Adjunct professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2014-2016
Adjunct professor, University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law, 2014, 2017
Private practice, Richmond, Virginia, 2016-2020