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Samuel Grayson Wilson
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
In office
1997–2004
Preceded byJackson L. Kiser
Succeeded byJames Parker Jones
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
In office
May 14, 1990 – July 31, 2014
Appointed byGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded byGlen Morgan Williams
Succeeded byElizabeth K. Dillon
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
In office
1976–1981
Personal details
Born1949 (age 75–76)
Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Richmond (BA)
Wake Forest University (JD)

Samuel Grayson Wilson (born 1949) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia.

Education and career

Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Wilson received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Richmond in 1971 and a Juris Doctor from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1974. He was an assistant commonwealth's attorney of Roanoke, Virginia from 1974 to 1976, and was an Assistant United States Attorney of the Western District of Virginia in 1976. He was a United States magistrate judge of the Western District of Virginia from 1976 to 1981, returning to private practice in Roanoke, Virginia from 1981 to 1990.

Federal judicial service

On March 6, 1990, Wilson was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia vacated by Judge Glen Morgan Williams. Wilson was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 11, 1990, and received his commission on May 14, 1990. He served as Chief Judge from 1997 to 2004. Wilson retired from the federal bench effective July 31, 2014.

References

  1. ^ Samuel Grayson Wilson at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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Preceded byGlen Morgan Williams Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
1990–2014 		Succeeded byElizabeth K. Dillon
Preceded byJackson L. Kiser Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
1997–2004 		Succeeded byJames Parker Jones
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