United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
29 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted.
Thomas Selby Ellis IIIRetired 2025
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Leonie M. Brinkema
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
M. Hannah Lauck
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Rossie David Alston, Jr.
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
John Adrian Gibney Jr.
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Henry Edward Hudson
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Summer L. Speight
Magistrate judge
Mark S. Davis
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
John F. Anderson
Magistrate judge
Robert J. Krask
Magistrate judge
John Decker Butzner Jr.Elevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
Michael Stefan Nachmanoff
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Arenda L. Wright Allen
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Lindsey R. Vaala
Magistrate judge
Anthony John Trenga
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
David John Novak
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
William B. Porter
Magistrate judge
Lawrence R. Leonard
Magistrate judge
Raymond Alvin Jackson
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Roderick Charles Young
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Patricia Tolliver Giles
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Duncan Lawrence GronerDeceased
District judge, appointed by Warren G. Harding (Republican)
Douglas E. Miller
Magistrate judge
Robert E. Payne
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Elizabeth Wilson Hanes
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Ivan D. Davis
Magistrate judge
Jamar Kentrell Walker
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Liam O'GradyRetired 2023
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Mark R. Colombell
Magistrate judge