Walter Hoffman
Walter Edward Hoffman (1907-1996) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.[1]
Hoffman was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on June 29, 1954, to a new seat created by 68 Stat. 8; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 14, 1954, and his received commission on July 15th. He served as chief judge from 1961-1973. He assumed senior status on September 3, 1974, and served in that capacity until his death on November 21, 1996.[1]
Hoffman was the 1983 recipient of the Edward J. Devitt Distinguished Service to Justice Award.[1]
Early life and education
- College of William and Mary School of Law
- University of Pennsylvania, B.S., 1928
- Washington and Lee University School of Law, LL.B., 1931[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Norfolk, Virginia, 1931-1954
- Assistant professor of law, College of William and Mary School of Law, 1933-1942
- Referee in Bankruptcy, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1942-1944
- Director, Federal Judicial Center, 1974-1977[1]
Judicial career
Eastern District of Virginia
Hoffman was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on June 29, 1954, to a new seat created by 68 Stat. 8; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 14, 1954, and his received commission on July 15th. He served as chief judge from 1961-1973. He assumed senior status on September 3, 1974, and served in that capacity until his death on November 21, 1996.[1]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Judge Hoffman's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Eastern District of Virginia 1954–1974 Seat #3 |
Succeeded by: Joseph Clarke
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| 1953 |
Boldt • Bruchhausen • Cecil • Dawkins, Jr. • Grooms • Hamlin • Hoffman • Knoch • Schnackenberg • Warren • Willson | ||
| 1954 |
Aldrich • Anderson • Bastian • Bicks • Bootle • Boreman • Breitenstein • Brooks • Cecil • Chambers • Choate • Christensen • Connell • Danaher • Dawson • Day • Fee • Freeman • Halbert • Harlan • Hincks • Hoffman • Holder • Hunter • Ingraham • Laramore • Kent • Lemmon • Lord • McGarraghy • Mickelson • Miller • Palmieri • Parkinson • Rogers • Ross • Stewart • Taylor • Thomsen • Tuttle • Van Oosterhout • Vogel • Walsh • Whittaker • Wilson | ||
| 1955 |
Alger • Brown • Cameron • Clarke • Davies • Devitt • East • Estes • Grubb • Harlan • Jertberg • Jones • Lumbard • McIlvaine • Miller • Register • Sorg • Van Dusen • Waterman • Watkins • Wortendyke • Wright | ||
| 1956 |
Barnes • Bryan • Burger • Cashin • Hamley • Herlands • Johnson • Juergens • Kerr • Kraft • Levet • Lewis • Lieb • Mercer • Morgan • Rich • Rizley • Robinson • Smith • Sobeloff • Weick • Whittaker | ||
| 1957 |
Arraj • Breitenstein • Brennan • Egan • Gignoux • Grant • Hastings • Haynsworth • Hicklin • Jameson • Layton • Moore • O'Sullivan • Parkinson • Richardson • Sirica • Stanley • Thompson • Van Pelt • Weber • Whittaker • Wisdom • Zavatt | ||
| 1958 |
Beck • Burke • Carswell • Clayton • Hamlin • Henley • Jertberg • Knoch • Martin • Matthes • Miner • Morrill • Poos • Robson • Stanley • Steel • Stewart • Wollenberg | ||
| 1959 |
Aldrich • Bartels • Blackmun • Boreman • Butler • Castle • Cecil • Crocker • Dalton • Field • Fisher • Forman • Friendly • Hart • Henderson • Henley • Julian • Kalbfleisch • Kilkenny • Koelsch • Kunzel • MacMahon • Merrill • Metzner • Powell • Smith • Sweigert • Walsh • Weick • Weinman • Wood • Worley • Young | ||
| 1960 |
Caffrey • Chilson • Durfee • Hodge • Kaess • Lane • Lewis • Mishler • O'Sullivan • Paul • Smith • Stephenson • Tavares • Timbers | ||
