Joseph Robert Goodwin
| Joseph Robert Goodwin | |
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| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia | |
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In office 2007–2012 |
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| Preceded by | David A. Faber |
| Succeeded by | Robert Charles Chambers |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia | |
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Assumed office May 10, 1995 |
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| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Robert Jackson Staker |
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| Born |
Joseph Robert Goodwin 1942 (age 74–75) Ripley, West Virginia |
| Education |
West Virginia University B.S. West Virginia University College of Law J.D. |
Joseph Robert Goodwin (born 1942) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
Born in Ripley, West Virginia, Goodwin received a Bachelor of Science degree from West Virginia University in 1965 and was in the United States Army Adjutant General Corps during the Vietnam War, from 1965 to 1967. He received a Juris Doctor from West Virginia University College of Law in 1970.
Goodwin was a city attorney for Ripley from 1971 to 1972, and was than a municipal judge for the city until 1973. He then entered private practice in Charleston, West Virginia, until 1995.
On February 28, 1995, Goodwin was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia vacated by the retirement of Robert Jackson Staker. Goodwin was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 8, 1995, and received his commission on May 10, 1995. He served as chief judge of the district from 2007 to 2012.
Goodwin's son, R. Booth Goodwin, was appointed in 2010 by President Barack Obama to serve as United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia. Goodwin's nephew is former West Virginia Senator Carte Goodwin.
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