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Rossie David Alston, Jr.

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Active service.

Confirmed 75 to 20Confirmed from the official record
Appointed by
Donald J. Trump
Nominated
January 23, 2019
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
Not published yet
Committee action
Reported (favorably), February 7, 2019
Senate vote
Recorded vote, 75 to 20
Confirmed
June 10, 2019
Commissioned
June 12, 2019
American Bar Association rating
Qualified

Born 1957, 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

  • U.S. Army private first class, 1975
  • Staff attorney, National Labor Relations Board, 1982-1984
  • Staff attorney, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, 1984-1989
  • Private practice, Woodbridge, Virginia, 1989-1992
  • Private practice, Manassas, Virginia, 1992-1998
  • Judge, Prince William County [Virginia] Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, 1998-2001
  • Judge, Virginia Circuit Court, Thirty-First Judicial Circuit, 2001-2009
  • Adjunct professor, George Mason University, 2004-2013; 2015-
  • Distinguished adjunct professor, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School, 2009-
  • Judge, Court of Appeals of Virginia, 2009-2019

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