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Elizabeth Wilson Hanes

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia · 2022

Elizabeth Wilson Hanes, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The Senate voted 59–37 on the nomination on Aug 2, 2022 (Nomination Confirmed).

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Senate confirmation votes

  • United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia
    117th Congress · Nomination Confirmed
    59–37 · Aug 2, 2022

Education

  • University of RichmondB.A., 2000
  • University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law (now University of Richmond School of Law)J.D., 2007

Career

Law clerk, Hon. Joseph R. Goodwin, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, 2007-2008; Law clerk, Hon. Robert B. King, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2008-2009; Assistant federal public defender, Eastern District of Virginia, 2009-2016; Adjunct professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2014-2016; Adjunct professor, University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law, 2014, 2017; Private practice, Richmond, Virginia, 2016-2020

Biography

Elizabeth Wilson Hanes (née Elizabeth Slater Wilson, born 1978) is an American lawyer from Virginia who serves as a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. She previously served as a United States magistrate judge of the same court.

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