John Adrian Gibney Jr. (born October 27, 1951) is a
senior
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United States district judge
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of the
.
Early life and education
Born in
Coatesville, Pennsylvania
Coatesville is the only city in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 13,350 at the 2020 census. Coatesville is approximately 39 miles west of Philadelphia. It developed along the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike ...
, Gibney received a
Bachelor of Arts
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degree in English from
The College of William & Mary
The College of William & Mary (abbreviated as W&M) is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1693 under a royal charter issued by King William III and Queen Mary II, it is the second-oldest institut ...
in 1973 and a
Juris Doctor
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from the
University of Virginia School of Law
The University of Virginia School of Law (Virginia Law) is the law school of the University of Virginia, a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819 as part of his "academical village", and now ...
in 1976. From 1976 until 1978, Gibney served as a
law clerk
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for Justice
Harry L. Carrico
Harry Lee Carrico (September 4, 1916 – January 27, 2013) was a member, Chief Justice, and Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. His tenure as an active Justice of the Court, at more than 42 years, was the longest of any justice ...
of the
Supreme Court of Virginia
The Supreme Court of Virginia is the highest court in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It primarily hears direct appeals in civil cases from the trial-level city and county circuit courts, as well as the criminal law, family law and administrativ ...
.
[President Obama Names John A. Gibney to United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia]
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'' (April 14, 2010).
Career
From 1978 until 1982, Gibney was an associate at the now-dissolved
Richmond, Virginia
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law firm Bell, Lacy & Baliles. From 1982 until 1984, Gibney served in the office of the attorney general for the commonwealth of Virginia in the litigation section as an assistant attorney general. From 1984 until 1987, he served as an associate at the now-dissolved Richmond law firm Lacy & Mehfoud. From 1987 until 2003, Gibney served as a shareholder (partner) in the Richmond law firm Shuford, Rubin & Gibney. From 2003 until his confirmation as a federal judge, he served as a partner and a civil litigator in the Richmond law firm Thompson McMullan.
From 2005 to 2010, he was an
adjunct professor
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at the
University of Richmond School of Law
The University of Richmond School of Law (abbreviated as Richmond Law) is the law school of the University of Richmond, a private liberal arts college in Richmond, Virginia. Richmond Law is ranked tied for 66th in the US by ''U.S. News & World ...
.
Federal judicial service
On September 30, 2009, Virginia Senators
Jim Webb
James Henry Webb Jr. (born February 9, 1946) is an American politician and author. He has served as a United States senator from Virginia, Secretary of the Navy, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, Counsel for the United States ...
and
Mark Warner
Mark Robert Warner (born December 15, 1954) is an American businessman and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Virginia, a seat he has held since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, Warner served as the 69th gove ...
recommended Gibney for a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
[Mike Scarcella]
ThompsonMcMullan Partner Recommended for Federal Judgeship in Virginia
'' The Blog of Legal Times'' (September 30, 2009). On April 14, 2010, President Obama nominated Gibney to the seat that had been created by the retirement of Judge
Robert E. Payne, who assumed
senior status in May 2007. The
United States Senate
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confirmed Gibney's nomination on December 16, 2010 by a
voice vote
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, during the
lame duck session
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of the
111th Congress
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.
He received his commission on December 17, 2010.
He assumed
senior status on November 1, 2021.
References
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1951 births
Living people
20th-century American lawyers
21st-century American lawyers
College of William & Mary alumni
Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
People from Chester County, Pennsylvania
United States district court judges appointed by Barack Obama
University of Richmond faculty
University of Virginia School of Law alumni
Virginia lawyers