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Virginia Maria Hernandez Covington
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Senior status since July 12, 2020.
Confirmed 91 to 0Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush
- Nominated
- April 20, 2004
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 16, 2004
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 20, 2004
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 91 to 0
- Confirmed
- September 7, 2004
- Commissioned
- September 10, 2004
- Senior status
- Since July 12, 2020
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1955, 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
- Trial attorney, Federal Trade Commission, 1980-1981
- Assistant state attorney, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Florida, 1982-1983
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Middle District of Florida, 1983-2001; Civil Division, 1983-1988; chief, Asset Forfeiture Section, Criminal Division, 1989-2001
- Judge, Florida District Court of Appeal, Second District, 2001-2004
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