Press Releases
Webb and Warner Recommend Arenda L. Wright Allen of Norfolk for Eastern District Federal Judgeship
Jun 29 2010
Washington, DC- U.S. Senators Jim Webb and Mark R. Warner today recommended that President Obama nominate Arenda L. Wright Allen of Norfolk to serve as a U.S. District Judge for the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Virginia.
Webb and Warner Recommend Judge Michael Urbanski of Roanoke for Western District Federal Judgeship
Jun 29 2010
Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Jim Webb and Mark R. Warner today recommended that President Obama nominate Judge Michael Urbanski of Roanoke to serve as a U.S. District Judge for the U.S. District Court of the Western District of Virginia.
Sen. Warner Helps Lead Effort to End "Secret Holds" on Legislation or Nominees
~ Asks for an end to practice of blocking nominees without explanation ~
Apr 22 2010
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mark Warner (D-VA), Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) organized a group of 18 other senators today in signing a letter to Senate leadership that seeks to change the way the Senate does business by putting an end to rules that allow members to secretly block legislation and nominations.
Washington, DC —- Senators Jim Webb (D-VA) and Mark Warner (D-VA) today recommended John A. Gibney of Richmond for the judicial vacancy that exists in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The Senators made their recommendation in a letter Wednesday to President Barack Obama. Mr. Gibney, a partner in the Richmond law firm Thompson-McMullan since 2003, has practiced law for more than three decades in state and federal courts in the Commonwealth.
Statement on White House Nomination of Justice Barbara Keenan for Federal Appeals Court Vacancy
~Nomination Follows Sens. Webb, Warner's Recommendation of Keenan for Fourth Circuit Seat~
Sep 14 2009
Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Jim Webb and Mark R. Warner today applauded President Obama’s nomination of Virginia Supreme Court Justice Barbara Keenan to serve as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Recommended by Senators Webb and Warner on June 2, 2009, Keenan would be the first female judge from Virginia to serve on the federal appeals court.
