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Keenan, Barbara Milano

Born 1950 in Vienna, Austria

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Nominated by Barack Obama on September 14, 2009, to a seat vacated by H. Emory Widener, Jr. Confirmed by the Senate on March 2, 2010, and received commission on March 9, 2010. Assumed senior status on August 31, 2021.

Education:
Cornell University, B.A., 1971
George Washington University Law School, J.D., 1974
University of Virginia School of Law, LL.M., 1992

Professional Career:

Assistant commonweath attorney, Fairfax County, Virginia, 1974-1976
Commissioner in chancery, Fairfax County, Virginia, 1975-1980
Private practice, Fairfax, Virginia, 1976-1980
Member, Board of Zoning Appeals, Fairfax County, Virginia, 1978-1980
Judge, Fairfax [Virginia] General District Court, 1980-1982
Judge, Virginia Circuit Court, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, 1982-1985
Judge, Court of Appeals of Virginia, 1985-1991
Justice, Supreme Court of Virginia, 1991-2010

Oral History

Oral history interview of Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Barbara Milano Keenan, June 6, 2013, in Richmond. Interviewed by Cassandra Newby Alexander for the Supreme Court of Virginia Oral History Project. Video recording and transcript available online.

Oral history interview with inaugural members of the Court of Appeals of Virginia James W. Benton, Jr., Sam W. Coleman III, Barbara M. Keenan, Lawrence L. Koontz, Jr., and Norman K. Moon, March 27, 2013, in Richmond. Interviewed by Cassandra Newby Alexander for the Supreme Court of Virginia Oral History Project. Video recording and transcript available online.

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Keenan, Barbara Milano