David Alan Faber (born October 21, 1942) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
David A. Faber
West Virginia Southern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
Born 1942 in Charleston, WV
FJC ID: 728
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 23/year
West Virginia Southern District Court · 1991–2008
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- West Virginia Air National Guard1978–1992
- Private practice, Charleston, West Virginia1967–1968, 1972–1981, 1987–1991
Special part-time assistant U.S. attorney · 1988–1990
U.S. attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia1981–1986- U.S. Naval Reserve1973–1977
U.S. Air Force judge advocate1968–1972
Appointments
1991–2008 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)
Education
- University of CambridgePh.D. · 2014
LL.M., judicial process · 1998
J.D. · 1967- West Virginia UniversityA.B. · 1964