James Parker Jones
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1996 and confirmed by voice vote, James Parker Jones is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. He earned a law degree from University of Virginia School of Law in 1965. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1940 · age 86
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1996
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Duke 1962 · University of Virginia Law 1965
- Succeeded
- James Harry Michael Jr.
- Succeeded by
- Robert Stewart Ballou
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Western District of Virginia succeeded James Harry Michael Jr. | Clinton (D) | Voice vote |
Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.
Confirmation vote
Voice vote
The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.
Education
| Duke University | A.B. | 1962 |
| University of Virginia School of Law | LL.B. | 1965 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Jones was assigned 5,008 district-court cases (1993–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 251 days across 4,600 closed cases.
Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.
On appeal
Of 380 of Jones’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 323 were affirmed, 30 reversed or vacated, and 27 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
In our data, Jones authored 271 published opinions for the court (1996–2011). Most cited: United States v. Hinen (40 citations).
A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Recent & notable rulings
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | United States v. Hinen | 487 F. Supp. 2d 747 | 40 |
| 1999 | Edwards v. Logan | 38 F. Supp. 2d 463 | 24 |
| 2008 | United States Ex Rel. Staley v. Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. | 587 F. Supp. 2d 757 | 22 |
| 2006 | Bell v. True | 413 F. Supp. 2d 657 | 17 |
| 1998 | Florida Asset Financing Corp. v. Dixon (In Re Dixon) | 228 B.R. 166 | 17 |
| 2006 | Martin v. Merck & Co., Inc. | 446 F. Supp. 2d 615 | 15 |
| 1999 | Bolinsky v. Carter MacHinery Co., Inc. | 69 F. Supp. 2d 842 | 15 |
| 2011 | Jackson v. Brickey | 771 F. Supp. 2d 593 | 14 |
| 2007 | Darden v. CARDINAL TRAVEL CENTER | 493 F. Supp. 2d 773 | 14 |
| 2002 | Tennessee Student Assistance Corp. v. Mort (In Re Mort) | 272 B.R. 181 | 14 |
| 1999 | Mitchell v. Hayes | 72 F. Supp. 2d 635 | 14 |
| 2007 | United States v. Purdue Frederick Co., Inc. | 495 F. Supp. 2d 569 | 13 |
| 2004 | McCauley v. Purdue Pharma L.P. | 331 F. Supp. 2d 449 | 13 |
| 2003 | United States v. One 1998 Tractor | 288 F. Supp. 2d 710 | 13 |
| 1999 | Galen-Med, Inc. v. Owens | 41 F. Supp. 2d 611 | 12 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 271 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.
Questions & answers
- Who appointed James Parker Jones?
- President William J. Clinton appointed James Parker Jones to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia in 1996.
- Was James Parker Jones appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- James Parker Jones was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was James Parker Jones's confirmation vote?
- James Parker Jones was confirmed by voice vote on July 18, 1996. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is James Parker Jones on?
- James Parker Jones is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: AuxiliumTerra (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
See something wrong? Report an error. Fixes are logged in the corrections log.
30 years on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).