Alma mater

University of Virginia

37 U.S. federal judges studied here. See where it ranks among law schools by judges produced.

Judges

Judge	Degree	Role	Year
Alexander Rives		Judge	1829
Charlton Reid Beattie		Judge	1889
James Harris Baldwin	B.L.	Judge	1900
Armistead Mason Dobie	B.A.	Judge	1901
Thomas Johnson Michie	A.B.	Judge	1917
James Harry Michael Jr.	B.S.	Judge	1940
Edward Samuel Smith	B.A.	Judge	1941
Joseph Calvitt Clarke Jr.	B.S.	Judge	1945
Robert George Doumar	B.A.	Judge	1951
Robert R. Beezer	B.A.	Judge	1951
Stanley S. Harris	B.S.	Judge	1951
William M. Nickerson	B.A.	Judge	1955
Norman K. Moon	B.A.	Judge	1959
Jack Tarpley Camp Jr.	M.A.	Judge	1967
Stanley F. Birch Jr.	B.A.	Judge	1967
Barbara M. Lynn	B.A.	Judge	1973
Rebecca Beach Smith	M.A.	Judge	1973
Thomas W. Thrash Jr.	B.A.	Judge	1973
Stefan R. Underhill	B.A.	Judge	1978
Mark Steven Davis	B.A.	Judge	1984
Robert Stewart Ballou	B.A.	Judge	1984
Paula Xinis	B.A.	Judge	1991
Kelley Brisbon Hodge	B.A.	Judge	1993
Patricia Tolliver Giles	B.A.	Judge	1995
Kevin Gafford Ritz	B.A.	Judge	1997
Andrew Stephen Oldham	B.A.	Judge	2001
Jasmine Hyejung Yoon	B.A.	Judge	2003
Jamar Kentrell Walker	B.A.	Judge	2008
Charles Sterling Hutcheson		Judge	–
Duncan Lawrence Groner		Chief Justice	–
Edmund Waddill Jr.		Judge	–
Henry Hitt Watkins		Judge	–
Howell Edmunds Jackson		Associate Justice	–
Mac Swinford		Judge	–
Van Vechten Veeder		Judge	–
William Giles Jones		Judge	–
William Matthews Merrick		Associate Justice	–

Source: FJC Biographical Directory. Data last verified 2026-06-28. Verify against the primary source before relying.