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John Preston Bailey
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. Active service.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush
- Nominated
- January 9, 2007
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- February 6, 2007
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), March 1, 2007
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- March 15, 2007
- Commissioned
- March 19, 2007
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1951, 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
- Law clerk, Hon. Charles H. Haden II, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia, 1976-1978
- Private practice, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1978-2007
- Assistant prosecutor, Ohio County, West Virginia, 1985-1986
- Special assistant prosecutor, Marshall County, West Virginia, 1985-1990
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2021-2026
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