Henry Edward Hudson (born July 24, 1947) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 7/year
Virginia Eastern District Court · 2002–
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
- Virginia Circuit Court, Nineteenth Judicial CircuitJudge · 1998–2002
- Private practice1979, 1991–1992, 1994–1998
U.S. Marshal Service, U.S. Department of JusticeDirector · 1992–1993- U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia1986–1991
- Arlington County, VirginiaCommonwealth attorney · 1980–1986
- Arlington County, VirginiaAssistant commonwealth attorney · 1974–1979
- Eastern District of VirginiaAssistant U.S. attorney · 1978–1979
Appointments
2002–2018 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Education
- American University, Washington College of LawJ.D. · 1974
- American UniversityB.A. · 1969