Mark Steven Davis

Mark Steven Davis (born 1962) is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

For other people with the same name, see Mark Davis.
Mark Steven Davis
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Assumed office
December 4, 2018
Preceded byRebecca Beach Smith
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Assumed office
June 23, 2008
Appointed byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byT. S. Ellis III
Personal details
Born1962 (age 60–61)
Portsmouth, Virginia
EducationUniversity of Virginia (BA)[1]
Washington & Lee University School of Law (JD)[2]

Education and career

Born in Portsmouth, Virginia, Davis attended Longwood College in Farmville, VA, 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.[3] 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.[4] He was a judge on the Portsmouth Circuit Court, Third Judicial Circuit of Virginia from 2003 to 2008.

Federal judicial service

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.[5]

References
  1. "Law: THE HON. MARK STEVEN DAVIS". 30 August 2022.
  2. "Law: THE HON. MARK STEVEN DAVIS". 30 August 2022.
  3. "Law: THE HON. MARK STEVEN DAVIS". 30 August 2022.
  4. "Law: THE HON. MARK STEVEN DAVIS". 30 August 2022.
  5. "Press Release from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, December 4, 2018" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 15, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2018.

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