The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida is the federal United States district court with territorial jurisdiction over the southern part of the state of Florida.
Bobby Ed Shepherd is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He maintains chambers in El Dorado,the seat of Union County in south Arkansas.
George Wesley Atkinson,a cavalryman,lawyer,politician,judge and scholar,became the 10th Governor of West Virginia after running as the candidate of the Republican Party. He also served in the West Virginia House of Delegates,as well as in the U.S. Congress from West Virginia and ended his career of public service as a United States federal judge of the Court of Claims.
James French Strother was a nineteenth-century American politician and lawyer from a noted Virginia political family of lawyers,military officers and judges. He was the grandson of French Strother who served in the Continental Congress and both houses of the Virginia General Assembly,son of Congressman George Strother and grandfather of Congressman James F. Strother.
The West Virginia University College of Law is the professional school for the study of law at West Virginia University in Morgantown,West Virginia,United States. The law school was established in 1878 as the first professional school in the state,and remains the only law school in the state.
Stanley Marcus is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Robert Bruce King is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
John Preston Bailey is a United States District Court judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.
Willard Craig Broadwater was a U.S. federal judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.
Donald Eugene O'Brien was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. He was an officer in the United States Army Air Corps in World War II,a Democratic nominee for the United States House of Representatives,a United States Attorney,and a political organizer.
Nathan Goff Jr. was a United States representative from West Virginia,a Union Army officer,the 28th United States Secretary of the Navy during the administration of President Rutherford B. Hayes,a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and of the United States Circuit Courts for the Fourth Circuit and a United States senator from West Virginia.
Charles Harold Haden II was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia and the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
Elizabeth Virginia Hallanan was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. She was the first female judge in the state of West Virginia.
Buckner Thruston was an American lawyer,slaveowner and politician who served as United States Senator from Kentucky as well as in the Virginia House of Delegates and became a United States circuit judge of the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.
John Tyler Sr. was an American lawyer,planter,politician and judge who served in the Virginia House of Delegates and became 15th Governor of Virginia and later United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Virginia. He was the father of U.S. President John Tyler.
Same-sex marriage has been legally recognized in West Virginia since October 9,2014. On July 28,2014,a ruling by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Bostic v. Schaefer found Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional. On October 6,2014,the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari in Bostic,allowing the ruling to take effect. As a result,on October 9,2014,Governor Earl Ray Tomblin announced he was ordering state agencies to act in compliance with the controlling precedent in the Virginia case. Even though West Virginia's ban was not explicitly declared unconstitutional,the Fourth Circuit precedent made it certain the state's statutory ban would be overturned. The state started issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples that same day. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia officially ruled the state's same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional on November 7,2014.
Charles Joseph Williams is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. He was formerly a United States magistrate judge of the same court.
Frank William Volk is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
Elizabeth Wilson Hanes is an American lawyer from Virginia who serves as a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. She previously served as a United States magistrate judge of the same court.
