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U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Virginia: Chief Judges
Eastern District of Virginia
Number of chief judges: 11 Hutcheson, Charles Sterling (1948-1959)
Bryan, Albert Vickers (1959-1961)
Hoffman, Walter Edward (1961-1973)
Kellam, Richard Boykin (1973-1979)
MacKenzie, John Ashton (1979-1985)
Bryan, Albert Vickers, Jr. (1985-1991)
Cacheris, James Chris (1991-1997)
Hilton, Claude M. (1997-2004)
Spencer, James Randolph (2004-2011)
Smith, Rebecca Beach (2011-2018)
Davis, Mark Steven (2018-present)
Western District of Virginia
Number of chief judges: 11 Paul, John, Jr. (1948-1958)
Thompson, Roby Calvin (1958-1960)
Dalton, Ted (1960-1971)
Widener, Hiram Emory, Jr. (1971-1972)
Turk, James Clinton (1973-1993)
Kiser, Jackson L. (1993-1997)
Wilson, Samuel Grayson (1997-2004)
Jones, James Parker (2004-2010)
Conrad, Glen Edward (2010-2017)
Urbanski, Michael Francis (2017-2024)
Dillon, Elizabeth Kay (2024-present)