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Virginia Emerson Hopkins
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Senior status since June 22, 2018.
Confirmed 98 to 0Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush
- Nominated
- October 14, 2003
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- November 19, 2003
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), March 4, 2004
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 98 to 0
- Confirmed
- June 15, 2004
- Commissioned
- June 17, 2004
- Senior status
- Since June 22, 2018
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1952, 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
- Private practice, Birmingham, Alabama, 1977-1978
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1978-1991
- Private practice, Anniston, Alabama, 1991-2004
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