# Mark Steven Davis

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{{Short description|American judge (born 1962)}}
{{other people||Mark Davis (disambiguation){{!}}Mark Davis}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                      = Mark Davis
| office                    = Chief Judge of the [United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_Virginia)
| term_start                = December 4, 2018
| term_end                  = December 4, 2025
| predecessor               = [Rebecca Beach Smith](/source/Rebecca_Beach_Smith)
| successor                 = [M. Hannah Lauck](/source/M._Hannah_Lauck)
| office1                   = Judge of the [United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_Virginia)
| appointer1                = [George W. Bush](/source/George_W._Bush)
| term_start1               = June 23, 2008
| term_end1                 = 
| predecessor1              = [T. S. Ellis III](/source/T._S._Ellis_III)
| successor1                = 
| birth_name                = Mark Steven Davis
| birth_date                = {{birth year and age|1962}}
| birth_place               = [Portsmouth, Virginia](/source/Portsmouth%2C_Virginia), U.S.
| death_date                = 
| death_place               = 
| education                 = [University of Virginia](/source/University_of_Virginia) ([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))<br>[Washington and Lee University](/source/Washington_and_Lee_University) ([JD](/source/Juris_Doctor))
}}
'''Mark Steven Davis''' (born 1962) is a [United States district judge](/source/United_States_federal_judge) of the [United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_Virginia).

==Education and career==

Davis was born in [Portsmouth, Virginia](/source/Portsmouth%2C_Virginia). He attended [Longwood College](/source/Longwood_University) in [Farmville](/source/Farmville%2C_Virginia), transferring to and receiving a [Bachelor of Arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) degree from the [University of Virginia](/source/University_of_Virginia) in 1984, and a [Juris Doctor](/source/Juris_Doctor) from [Washington and Lee University School of Law](/source/Washington_and_Lee_University_School_of_Law) in 1988.<ref name="virginiabusiness"/> He was a [law clerk](/source/law_clerk) for Judge [John Ashton MacKenzie](/source/John_Ashton_MacKenzie) of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia from 1988 to 1989. He was in private practice in Virginia from 1989 to 2003, serving in McGuireWoods from 1989 to 1998 and at Carr-Porter LLC from 1998 to 2003, where he served as an expert on [maritime law](/source/maritime_law).<ref name="virginiabusiness">{{cite web | url=https://www.virginiabusiness.com/article/law-the-hon-mark-steven-davis/ | title=Law: THE HON. MARK STEVEN DAVIS | date=30 August 2022 }}</ref> He was a judge on the Portsmouth Circuit Court, Third Judicial Circuit of Virginia from 2003 to 2008.<ref name="FJCBio">{{FJC Bio|nid=1392711|inline=yes}}</ref>

===Federal judicial service===

On November 15, 2007, Davis was nominated by President [George W. Bush](/source/George_W._Bush) to a seat on the [United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_Virginia) vacated by Judge [T. S. Ellis III](/source/T._S._Ellis_III). Davis was confirmed by the [United States Senate](/source/United_States_Senate) on June 10, 2008, and received his commission on June 23, 2008.<ref name="FJCBio" /> He became chief judge on December 4, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vaed.uscourts.gov/notices/CJ%20Press%20Release.pdf |title=Press Release from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, December 4, 2018 |access-date=December 12, 2018 |archive-date=December 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215231318/http://www.vaed.uscourts.gov/notices/CJ%20Press%20Release.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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==Sources==
*{{FJC Bio|nid=1392711}}

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