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CHIEF JUDGE, U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA, NORFOLK
CHIEF JUDGE, U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA, NORFOLK
Virginia Business// August 29, 2024//
As chief judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, Davis hears the stories of people’s lives, stories that are often terribly sad.
There are armed carjackings and gang violence. Last summer, Davis listened to allegations that police officers had retaliated against a man for accusing a police officer of lying by putting false information on a police report. In November 2023, Davis sentenced the mother of the 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher at a Newport News elementary school in January 2023 for federal convictions related to the gun the child used.
“This was not a one-off,” Davis said in court, according to news reports. “There was a really troubling history leading up to this incident.”
Before President George W. Bush nominated Davis to the U.S. District Court in 2007, Davis served as a Portsmouth Circuit Court judge.
Davis received his bachelor’s degree in American government from the University of Virginia and his law degree from Washington and Lee University. As an attorney, Davis’ specialty was maritime law. He joined McGuireWoods in 1989, became partner in 1996 and left in 1998 to join Carr & Porter.
