Jamar K. Walker

Jamar K. Walker
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Incumbent
Assumed office March 3, 2023
Appointed by	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Raymond Alvin Jackson
Personal details
Born	Jamar Kentrell Walker 1986 (age 38–39) Nassawadox, Virginia, U.S.
Education	University of Virginia (BA, JD)

Jamar Kentrell Walker (born 1986)[1][2] is an American lawyer serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. He previously served as an assistant United States attorney for the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Early life and education

Walker was born and raised on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.[3] He attended Nandua High School and served as class president. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia in 2008 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2011.[4]

Career

From 2011 and 2012, Walker served as a law clerk for Judge Raymond Alvin Jackson of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. From 2012 to 2015, he worked as an associate at Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C. He has served as an assistant United States attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia from 2015 to 2023,[5] where he focused on white-collar crime.[6]

Federal judicial service

In March 2022, Walker was one of two candidates recommended to the president by U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine.[7] On July 13, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Walker to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.[5] President Biden nominated Walker to the seat vacated by Judge Raymond Alvin Jackson, who assumed senior status on November 23, 2021.[8] On September 21, 2022, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[9] On December 1, 2022, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 15–7 vote.[10] On January 3, 2023, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate; he was renominated later the same day.[11] On February 2, 2023, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 14–6 vote.[12] On February 27, 2023, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 52–39 vote.[13] On February 28, 2023, his nomination was confirmed by a 52–41 vote.[14] He received his judicial commission on March 3, 2023.[15] He was sworn in on March 6, 2023.[16] Walker is the first openly LGBTQ Article III judge to serve in Virginia.[17]

See also

• List of African-American federal judges
• List of African-American jurists
• List of LGBT jurists in the United States

References

1. "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
2. "Jamar Walker – Nominee to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia". September 2022.
3. Alston, K. (March 1, 2022). "WARNER & KAINE ANNOUNCE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA". Hampton Roads Messenger. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
4. "5/10/15/25: How's Life After Law School?". University of Virginia School of Law. November 10, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
5. "President Biden Names Twenty-Second Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. July 13, 2022. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
6. "Jamar Walker – Nominee to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia". September 2022.
7. "Warner & Kaine Announce Recommendations for U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia" (Press release). March 1, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
8. "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. July 13, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
9. "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. September 21, 2022.
10. "Results of Executive Business Meeting – December 1, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
11. "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 3, 2023.
12. "Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 2, 2023" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
13. "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jamar K. Walker to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia)". United States Senate. February 27, 2023. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
14. "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Jamar K. Walker, of Virginia, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia)". United States Senate. February 28, 2023. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
15. Jamar K. Walker at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
16. "Jamar K. Walker sworn in as United States District Judge" (PDF). vaed.uscourts.gov. March 6, 2023. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
17. Kutner, Brad (July 13, 2022). "President Biden Makes Second Round of Judicial Nominations in Two days". National Law Journal. Retrieved February 28, 2023.

External links

• Jamar K. Walker at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Raymond Alvin Jackson	Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia 2023–present	Incumbent