• District Court, E.D. Virginia

  Judge

  1993 – present · 33 yrsAppointed by William Jefferson Clinton

Career

• U.S. Magistrate

  U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia

  1985 – 1993 · 8 yrs

• Part-time legal instructor

  Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Academy

  1984 – 1985 · 1 yr

• Private practice

  1984 – 1985 · 1 yr

• Trial attorney, Office of International Affairs

  Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice

  1983 – 1984 · 1 yr

• Assistant U.S. attorney

  Eastern District of Virginia

  1977 – 1983 · 6 yrs

• Trial attorney, Public Integrity Section

  Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice

  1976 – 1977 · 1 yr

Education