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Glen E. Conrad
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
In office
2010 – June 30, 2017
Preceded byJames Parker Jones
Succeeded byMichael F. Urbanski
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 24, 2003
Appointed byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byJames Clinton Turk
Personal details
Born
Glen Edward Conrad

1949 (age 74–75)
Radford, Virginia
EducationCollege of William & Mary (B.A.)
Marshall-Wythe School of Law (J.D.)

Glen Edward Conrad (born 1949) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia and a former federal judicial nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Background

Born and raised in Radford, Virginia, Conrad was the son of an elementary school teacher mother and a father who worked in the post office.[1] Conrad earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of William & Mary in 1971, where he wrote his senior thesis on the Republican Party.[1] While writing that thesis, Conrad met James Clinton Turk, the federal district judge whom he eventually would succeed on the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. Conrad then earned a Juris Doctor from the College of William and Mary's Marshall-Wythe School of Law in 1974.[2] Conrad's first job was as an interpreter/host at Colonial Williamsburg in 1974. He then worked as a United States probation officer for the Western District of Virginia from 1975 until 1976. In 1976, Conrad became a United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. He served in that capacity until 2003.[2] Conrad applied for a federal judgeship in 1990.[1]

Federal judicial service

On April 28, 2003, President George W. Bush nominated Conrad to become a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. "I felt like I had done just about all I could do with the responsibilities I had," Conrad told the Roanoke Times.[1] The United States Senate confirmed Conrad in an 89-0 vote on September 22, 2003.[2] Conrad received his commission on September 24, 2003. He served as Chief Judge from 2010-2017.

Fourth Circuit nomination under Bush

On May 8, 2008, President George W. Bush nominated Conrad to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, to fill the seat of H. Emory Widener, Jr., who had taken senior status in July 2007 (Widener died in September 2007). Bush had previously nominated William J. Haynes, II and E. Duncan Getchell, but both nominations failed after opposition from Democrats and some Republicans. Conrad's nomination to the Fourth Circuit expired upon the end of President Bush's presidency in January 2009.

Personal

Conrad's wife, Mary Ann, is active in the Republican Party.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e The Roanoke Times (October 20, 2003).
  2. ^ a b c "Conrad, Glen Edward - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.

Sources

Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
2003–present 		Incumbent
Preceded by Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
2010–2017 		Succeeded by
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