• Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

  Judge

  2012 – present · 14 yrsAppointed by Barack Hussein Obama 2

Career

• Private practice

  2006 – 2012 · 6 yrs

• principal deputy chief

  2004 – 2006 · 2 yrs

• deputy chief for litigation

  2002 – 2004 · 2 yrs

• Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section

  U.S. Department of Justice

  1999 – 2006 · 7 yrs

• trial attorney

  1999 – 2002 · 3 yrs

• Assistant U.S. attorney

  Southern District of West Virginia

  1994 – 1999 · 5 yrs

• Assistant attorney general

  Environmental Division, State of West Virginia

  1992 – present · 34 yrs

• Private practice

  1992 – 1994 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  1990 – 1992 · 2 yrs

Education