Virginia Emerson Hopkins

Judge Virginia Emerson Hopkins

Personal

Birthday:

1952

Birthplace:

Anniston, AL

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Female

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Birmingham, Alabama, 1977-1978
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1978-1991
Private practice, Anniston, Alabama, 1991-2004

Education

Name of School:

University of Alabama

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1974

Name of School - Second:

University of Virginia School of Law

Virginia is justly famous for its collegial environment that bonds students and faculty, and student satisfaction is consistently cited as among the highest in American law schools. Intellectual challenges are met in a spirit of cooperation. Small first-year sections promote individual inquiry while providing support and friendship. Students learn together, reading each other's work and freely sharing course outlines and other materials, confidently relying on the nation's oldest student-run Honor System to maintain the highest ethical standards.

Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1977

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama

Court Name:

Alabama Northern District Court

President Nominating:

George W. Bush

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

6/17/2004