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Rebecca Beach Smith
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Senior status since August 1, 2019.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush
- Nominated
- August 4, 1989
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- September 26, 1989
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), October 18, 1989
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- October 24, 1989
- Commissioned
- October 25, 1989
- Senior status
- Since August 1, 2019
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1949, 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
- Planning analyst, Enviro-Med, Inc., Washington, D.C., and La Jolla, California, 1973-74
- Research associate, National Academy of Science, Institute of Medicine, Washington, D.C., 1974-1977
- Law clerk in private practice, Norfolk, Virginia, 1978
- Law clerk, Hon. J. Calvitt Clarke, Jr., U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, 1979-1980
- Private practice, Norfolk, Virginia, 1980-1985
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