Chuck Chambers | |
Office: | Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia |
Term Start: | 2012 |
Term End: | 2017 |
Predecessor: | Joseph R. Goodwin |
Successor: | Thomas E. Johnston |
Office1: | Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia |
Term Start1: | September 18, 1997 |
Appointer1: | Bill Clinton |
Predecessor1: | Elizabeth Virginia Hallanan |
Office2: | 50th Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates |
Term Start2: | 1987 |
Term End2: | 1997 |
Predecessor2: | Joseph Albright |
Successor2: | Robert S. Kiss |
Birth Name: | Robert Charles Chambers |
Birth Date: | 27 August 1952[1] |
Birth Place: | Williamson, West Virginia, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Education: | Marshall University (AB) West Virginia University (JD) |
Robert Charles Chambers (born August 27, 1952) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.[2]
Chambers was born in Williamson, West Virginia. He received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Marshall University in 1974, and a Juris Doctor from West Virginia University College of Law in 1977. He was in private practice in Charleston, West Virginia from 1977 to 1997, and was legal counsel to the West Virginia State Senate in 1978. He was also a Delegate to the West Virginia House of Delegates from 1978 to 1996 and Speaker from 1986 to 1996.[3]
On June 5, 1997, Chambers was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia vacated by Elizabeth Virginia Hallanan. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 5, 1997, and received his commission on September 18, 1997. He served as Chief Judge from 2012 to 2017.