Judges of The John W. Davis Moot Court Competition

1980-1981

• The Honorable J. Harry Michael, Jr., United States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia
• The Honorable James C. Turk, '52L, United States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia
• The Honorable Glen M. Williams, United States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia

1981-1982

• The Honorable A. Christian Compton, '50, '53L, Justice for the Supreme Court of Virginia
• The Honorable Donald S. Russell, United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable H. Emory Widener, '53L, United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

1982-1983

• The Honorable Eugene H. Nickerson, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York 
• The Honorable Marie Louise Nickerson, Judge for the Nassau County, NY, Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable George C. Pratt, United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals 

1983-1984

• The Honorable Howard T. Markey, United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable Clement C. Torbert, Jr., Chief Justice for the Supreme Court of Alabama
• The Honorable H. Emory Widener, '53L, United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

1984-1985

• The Honorable Pasco M. Bowman, United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals 
• The Honorable J. Dickson Phillips, United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals  
• The Honorable Antonin Scalia, United States Circuit Judge for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals

Before he was Justice Scalia, Judge Scalia presided over the 1984-85 Davis Competition.
(Picture above is from Justice Scalia's 2005 visit to Lexington to deliver the Powell Lecture).

1985-1986

• The Honorable Harold N. Hill, Jr., Chief Justice for the Supreme Court of Georgia
• The Honorable Max Rosenn, United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals  
• The Honorable James M. Sprouse, United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

1986-1987

• The Honorable Roscoe B. Stephenson, Jr., '43, '47L, Justice for the Supreme Court of Virginia
• The Honorable Ellsworth A. Vangraafeiland, United States Circuit Judge for the Second Court of Appeals
• The Honorable J. Harvie Wilkinson, United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

1987-1988

• The Honorable Henry E. Frye, Justice for the Supreme Court of North Carolina
• The Honorable Patricia M. Wald, United States Circuit Judge for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable H. Emory Widener, '53L, United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals  

1988-1989

• The Honorable E. Grady Jolly, United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable Edith H. Jones, United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable Max Rosenn, United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals

1989-1990

• Jane E. Kirtley, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
• The Honorable Pierre N. Leval, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York
• The Honorable Gilbert S. Merritt, Jr., United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Judges Leval (left) and Merritt (center) and Ms. Kirtley (right) question the advocate during the '89 Davis Finals.

1990-1991

• The Honorable Rhesa H. Barksdale, United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable David M. Ebel, United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable Byron R. White, Associate Justice for the Supreme Court of the United States

Time is called during oral argument before Justice White (center) in the '90 Davis Finals held in Lee Chapel.

1991-1992

• The Honorable Samuel J. Ervin III, United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable James M. Sprouse, United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable Glen M. Williams, United States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia

1992-1993

• The Honorable Harry L. Carrico, Chief Justice for the Supreme Court of Virginia
• The Honorable James G. Exum, Jr., Chief Justice for the Supreme Court of North Carolina
• The Honorable Leander J. Shaw, Jr., Chief Justice for the Supreme Court of Florida

Chief Justices Exum (left), Shaw (center), and Carrico (right) with the '93 Moot Court Board.

1993-1994

• The Honorable Rhesa H. Barksdale, United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable Jackson L. Kiser, ‘52L, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia
• The Honorable Louis F. Oberdorfer, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia

1994-1995

• The Honorable Richard D. Cudahay, United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable Elizabeth B. Lacy, Justice for the Supreme Court of Virginia 
• The Honorable Jerry E. Smith, United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

1995-1996

• The Honorable Martha C. Daughtrey, United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable H. Blaine Michael, United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable Kenneth F. Ripple, United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

1996-1997

• The Honorable Sam J. Ervin III, United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals 
• The Honorable Phyllis A. Kravitch, United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable John T. Noonan, Jr., United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

1997-1998

• The Honorable Thomas A. Clark, ’42. United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable Harry W. Welford,  ’47, United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable Diane P. Wood, United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

1998-1999

• The Honorable Rhesa H. Barksdale, United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable William C. Bryson, United States Circuit Judge for Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable Diana J. Gribbon Motz, United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

1999-2000

• The Honorable Richard S. Arnold, United States Circuit Judge for the Eight Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable Dolores K. Sloviter, United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable H. Emory Widener, Jr., ’53L, United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

2000-2001

• The Honorable Ellsworth A. Van Graafieland, United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable Carolyn Dineen King, United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable H. Blane Michael, United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

2001-2002

• The Honorable Roger L. Gregory, United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable Stephanie K. Seymour, United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable H. Emory Widener, Jr., ’53L, United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

2002-2003

• The Honorable Rudolph Bumgardner III, Judge for the Virginia State Court of Appeals
• The Honorable William P. Johnson, ’85L, United States District Judge for the District of New Mexico
• The Honorable H. Emory Widener, Jr., ’53L, United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

2003-2004

• The Honorable Stanley F. Birch, Jr. United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable John G. Roberts, Jr., United States Circuit Judge for the D.C. Court of Appeals
• The Honorable John M. Rogers, United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

2004-2005

• The Honorable Martha C. Daughtrey, United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable Walter D. Kelley, Jr., ’77, ’81L, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia
• The Honorable Everett A. Martin, Jr., ’74, ’77L, Circuit Judge for the Fourth Judicial Circuit of Virginia

2005-2006

• The Honorable John Antoon, II, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida
• The Honorable Jack T. Camp, Jr., United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia
• The Honorable Frederick P. Stamp, Jr., ’56, United States District Judge for the Northern District of West Virginia

2006-2007

• The Honorable Thomas E. Johnston, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Western Virginia
• The Honorable Henry Coke Morgan, Jr. ’57, ’60L, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia
• The Honorable Myron T. Steele, Chief Justice for the Supreme Court of Delaware

2007-2008      

• The Honorable James O. Browning, United States District Judge for the District of New Mexico
• The Honorable David A. Faber, United States District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia,
• The Honorable Walter A. Kelley, ’77, ’81L, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia

2008-2009

• The Honorable Glen E. Conrad, United States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia
• The Honorable William P. Johnson, ’85, United States District Judge for the District of New Mexico
• The Honorable Henry Coke Morgan, Jr., ’57, ’60L, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia

2009-2010

• The Honorable J. Michael Luttig, ’76, Executive Vice President of Boeing, formerly United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable Irene M. Keely, United States District Judge for the Northern District of West Virginia
• Colonel Mark Jackson, Court of Military Appeals

2010-2011

• The Honorable Bobby Ray Baldock, United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable W. Duane Benton, United States Circuit Judge for the Eight Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable Jennifer W. Elrod, United State Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Judges Benton, Elrod, and Baldock pose with the finalists after the 2010 Davis Finals.

2011-2012

• The Honorable Bobby Ray Baldock, United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable Emmett R. Cox, United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable E. Grady Jolly, United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

2012-2013

• The Honorable G. Steven Agee, United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
• The Honorable Sanford L. Steelman, Jr., Judge for the North Carolina Court of Appeals 
• The Honorable John M. Tyson, Judge for the North Carolina Court of Appeals