Mark Steven Davis | |
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Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | |
Assumed office December 4, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Rebecca Beach Smith |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | |
Assumed office June 23,2008 | |
Appointed by | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | T. S. Ellis III |
Personal details | |
Born | 1962 (age 61–62) Portsmouth,Virginia,U.S. |
Education | University of Virginia (BA) Washington &Lee University School of Law (JD) |
Mark Steven Davis (born 1962) is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Davis was born in Portsmouth,Virginia. He attended Longwood College in Farmville,transferring to and receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia in 1984,and a Juris Doctor from Washington &Lee University School of Law in 1988. [1] He was a law clerk for Judge John Ashton MacKenzie of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia from 1988 to 1989. He was in private practice in Virginia from 1989 to 2003,serving in Carr-Porter LLC as an expert on maritime law. [1] He was a judge on the Portsmouth Circuit Court,Third Judicial Circuit of Virginia from 2003 to 2008.
On November 15,2007,Davis was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia vacated by T. S. Ellis III. Davis was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 10,2008,and received his commission on June 23,2008. He became chief judge on December 4,2018. [2]
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