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| Virginia Emerson Hopkins | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office June 22, 2018 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama | |
| In office June 17, 2004 – June 22, 2018 | |
| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Edwin L. Nelson |
| Succeeded by | Corey L. Maze |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1952-05-06) May 6, 1952 (age 72) Anniston, Alabama, U.S. |
| Education | University of Alabama (BA) University of Virginia (JD) |
Virginia Emerson Hopkins (born May 6, 1952) is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
Early life and education
Born in Anniston, Alabama, Hopkins graduated from University of Alabama with her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974 and later from University of Virginia School of Law with a Juris Doctor in 1977.
Career
Following law school graduation, Hopkins was in private practice in Birmingham, Alabama, from 1977 to 1978. She was in private practice in Washington, D.C. from 1978 to 1991. She was in private practice in Anniston, Alabama from 1991 to 2004.
Federal judicial service
On the recommendation of Senators Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions, Hopkins was nominated to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama by President George W. Bush on October 14, 2003, to a seat vacated due to the death of Edwin L. Nelson. Hopkins was confirmed by the Senate on June 15, 2004, and received her commission on June 17, 2004. She assumed senior status on June 22, 2018. She took inactive senior status on September 1, 2019.
Sources
- Virginia Emerson Hopkins at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
References
- "Senior Judge Virginia Emerson Hopkins | Northern District of Alabama | United States District Court". www.alnd.uscourts.gov. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
| Legal offices | ||
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| Preceded byEdwin L. Nelson | Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama 2004–2018 |
Succeeded byCorey L. Maze |
| Senior district judges of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals | |
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| M. Alabama | |
| N. Alabama | |
| S. Alabama | |
| M. Florida | |
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| M. Georgia | |
| N. Georgia | |
| S. Georgia | |
- 1952 births
- Living people
- American women lawyers
- American lawyers
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
- United States district court judges appointed by George W. Bush
- 21st-century American judges
- University of Alabama alumni
- University of Virginia School of Law alumni
- People from Anniston, Alabama
- 21st-century American women judges