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James Parker Jones

James Jones
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Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
Assumed office
May 19, 2015
Preceded by James Zagel
Chief Judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
In office
2004–2010
Preceded by Samuel Wilson
Succeeded by Glen Conrad
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
Assumed office
August 30, 1996
Appointed by Bill Clinton
Preceded by James Michael
Member of the Virginia Senate
from the 39th district
In office
January 12, 1983 – January 13, 1988
Preceded by Rick Boucher
Succeeded by William Wampler
Personal details
Born James Parker Jones
(1940-07-03) July 3, 1940 (age 76)
Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Alma mater Duke University (BA)
University of Virginia (LLB)

James Parker Jones (born July 3, 1940) is a United States federal judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, and the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (Secret courts for NSA and FBI, also known as FISA or FISC courts.)

Jones was born in Tampa, Florida. He received an A.B. from Duke University in 1962. He received an LL.B. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1965.

Jones was an Assistant commonwealth attorney general of Virginia from 1965 to 1966. He was a law clerk, Hon. Clement Haynsworth, U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit from 1966 to 1968. He was in private practice in Abingdon, Virginia from 1968 to 1971. He was in private practice in Bristol, Virginia from 1971 to 1995. He was a Virginia state senator from 1983 to 1988. He was also a member of the Virginia State Board of Education from 1990 to 1996.

On May 16, 1979, President Carter nominated Jones to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. However, his nomination never was processed by the United States Senate before Carter lost his bid for re-election, and President Reagan later chose not to renominate Jones to the seat.

Jones eventually became a judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia after President Bill Clinton nominated him on December 12, 1995, to fill the seat vacated by James Harry Michael Jr., who had taken senior status.


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