People · Judicial branch · District courts
Joseph Robert Goodwin
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. Active service.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- February 28, 1995
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- March 28, 1995
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), April 7, 1995
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- May 8, 1995
- Commissioned
- May 10, 1995
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1942, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
All judges of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- U.S. Army, JAG Corps, 1965-1967
- City attorney, Ripley, West Virginia, 1971-1972
- Judge, Ripley [West Virginia] Municipal Court, 1972-1973
- Private practice, Charleston, West Virginia, 1970-1995
Yearly financial disclosure reports
Not checked yet
Not started.