Joseph Robert Goodwin

Joseph Robert Goodwin

Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
Incumbent
Assumed office May 10, 1995
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Robert Jackson Staker
Personal details
Born	1942 (age 73–74) Ripley, West Virginia, U.S.
Alma mater	West Virginia University (B.S.) West Virginia University College of Law (J.D.)

Joseph Robert Goodwin (born 1942) is a United States federal judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.

Early life and education

Born in Ripley, West Virginia, Goodwin received a B.S. from West Virginia University in 1965 and was in the United States Army, Adjutant General Corps during the Vietnam War, from 1965 to 1967. He received a J.D. from West Virginia University College of Law in 1970.

Career

Goodwin was a city attorney for Ripley from 1971 to 1972, and was than a municipal judge for the city until 1973. He then entered private practice in Charleston, West Virginia, until 1995.

Judicial service

On February 28, 1995, Goodwin was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia vacated by the retirement of Robert Jackson Staker. Goodwin was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 8, 1995, and received his commission on May 10, 1995. He became chief judge of the district in 2007.

Personal

Goodwin's son, R. Booth Goodwin, was appointed in 2010 by President Barack Obama to serve as United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia.^[1] Goodwin's nephew is former West Virginia Senator Carte Goodwin.^[2]

References

↑ "Alumni Spotight: Robert Booth Goodwin". West Virginia University, College of Business & Economics. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
↑ "Manchin Taps Carte Goodwin for Senate Seat". The State Journal. July 16, 2010. Retrieved March 27, 2011.

External links

Joseph Robert Goodwin at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Robert Jackson Staker	Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia 1995–present	Incumbent

Current active district judges of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

Maryland	Blake Bennett Bredar Hollander Russell Grimm Chuang Hazel 2 seats vacant

E. North Carolina	Dever Boyle Flanagan 1 seat vacant

M. North Carolina	Osteen Schroeder Eagles Biggs

W. North Carolina	Whitney Voorhees Conrad Reidinger Cogburn

South Carolina	Wooten Norton Harwell Gergel Childs Cain Lewis Hendricks 2 seats vacant

E. Virginia	Smith Brinkema Jackson Lee Hudson O'Grady Davis Trenga Gibney Allen Lauck

W. Virginia	Conrad Jones Urbanski Dillon

N. West Virginia	Groh Bailey Keeley

S. West Virginia	Chambers Copenhaver Goodwin Johnston Berger

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 120533181

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