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The United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia (in case citations, S.D. W. Va.) is a federal court in the Fourth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit). The District was established on June 22, 1901. [1]
Upon graduating law school, Volk served as a law clerk to Judge Charles Harold Haden II of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia from 1992 to 1993 and as a term law clerk to Judge M. Blane Michael of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from 1993 to 1994.
Following is a list of current and former courthouses of the United States federal court system located in West Virginia.Each entry indicates the name of the building along with an image, if available, its location and the jurisdiction it covers, [1] the dates during which it was used for each such jurisdiction, and, if applicable the person for whom it was named, and the date of renaming.
He was in the United States Army from 1944 to 1946, and became a law clerk to Judge Ben Moore of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia from 1950 to 1951. He was in private practice in Charleston from 1951 to 1958, and a referee in bankruptcy for the Southern District of West Virginia from 1958 to 1973.
West Virginia Magistrate Courts [1] West Virginia Municipal Courts [1] Federal courts located in West Virginia. United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia [3] United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia [4] Former federal courts of West Virginia. United States District Court for the ...
The district courts were established by Congress under Article III of the United States Constitution. The courts hear civil and criminal cases, and each is paired with a bankruptcy court. [2] Appeals from the district courts are made to one of the 13 courts of appeals, organized geographically. The number of district courts in a court of ...
On June 5, 1997, Chambers was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia vacated by Elizabeth Virginia Hallanan. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 5, 1997, and received his commission on September 18, 1997. He served as Chief Judge from ...
After serving as a federal bankruptcy judge in the Southern District of West Virginia, Flowers served as Vice-President of Institutional Advancement at West Virginia University from 1983 to 1997. [2] From 2009 to 2012 Flowers served as a commissioner of Volunteer West Virginia, the West Virginia Commission for National and Community Service. [3 ...