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James Parker Jones
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. Senior status since August 30, 2021.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- December 12, 1995
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- February 28, 1996
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), March 13, 1996
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- July 18, 1996
- Commissioned
- August 1, 1996
- Senior status
- Since August 30, 2021
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1940, 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.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Assistant attorney general, Commonwealth of Virginia, 1965-1966
- Law clerk, Hon. Clement Haynsworth, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1966-1968
- Private practice, Abingdon, Virginia, 1968-1971
- Private practice, Bristol, Virginia, 1971-1995
- State senator, Virginia, 1983-1988
- Member, Virginia State Board of Education, 1990-1996
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2007-2011
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