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District court

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

JudgeTitleAppointed byStatus
M. Hannah LauckJudgeBarack ObamaActive
Leonie M. BrinkemaJudgeWilliam J. ClintonActive
Mark Steven DavisJudgeGeorge W. BushActive
Rossie David Alston, Jr.JudgeDonald J. TrumpActive
David John NovakJudgeDonald J. TrumpActive
Roderick Charles YoungJudgeDonald J. TrumpActive
Patricia Tolliver GilesJudgeJoseph R. BidenActive
Michael Stefan NachmanoffJudgeJoseph R. BidenActive
Elizabeth Wilson HanesJudgeJoseph R. BidenActive
Jamar Kentrell WalkerJudgeJoseph R. BidenActive
Claude M. HiltonJudgeRonald ReaganSenior status
Rebecca Beach SmithJudgeGeorge H.W. BushSenior status
Robert E. PayneJudgeGeorge H.W. BushSenior status
Raymond Alvin JacksonJudgeWilliam J. ClintonSenior status
Henry E. HudsonJudgeGeorge W. BushSenior status
Anthony John TrengaJudgeGeorge W. BushSenior status
John Adrian Gibney, Jr.JudgeBarack ObamaSenior status
Arenda Lauretta Wright AllenJudgeBarack ObamaSenior status

The court’s website: https://www.vaed.uscourts.gov

From the Federal Judicial Center’s directory as of Nov. 4, 2026. This is a plain list: the full page could not be shown.