Mark Steven Davis

For other people with the same name, see Mark Davis.

Mark Steven Davis (born 1962) is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Mark Steven Davis
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Incumbent
Assumed office December 4, 2018
Preceded by	Rebecca Beach Smith
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Incumbent
Assumed office June 23, 2008
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	T. S. Ellis III
Personal details
Born	1962 (age 62–63) Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.
Education	University of Virginia (BA) Washington and Lee University (JD)

Education and career

Davis was born in Portsmouth, Virginia. He attended Longwood College in Farmville, transferring to and receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia in 1984, and a Juris Doctor from Washington and Lee University School of Law in 1988.^[1] He was a law clerk for Judge John Ashton MacKenzie of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia from 1988 to 1989. He was in private practice in Virginia from 1989 to 2003, serving in McGuireWoods from 1989 to 1998 and at Carr-Porter LLC from 1998 to 2003, where he served as an expert on maritime law.^[1] He was a judge on the Portsmouth Circuit Court, Third Judicial Circuit of Virginia from 2003 to 2008.^[2]

Federal judicial service

On November 15, 2007, Davis was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia vacated by Judge T. S. Ellis III. Davis was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 10, 2008, and received his commission on June 23, 2008.^[2] He became chief judge on December 4, 2018.^[3]