Jackson Lintecum Kiser (June 24, 1929 – October 21, 2020) was an American attorney and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia.
Jackson L. Kiser
Virginia Western District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia
Born 1929 in Welch, WV
Died 2020
FJC ID: 1288
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 30/year
Virginia Western District Court · 1981–2020
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
- Private practice, Martinsville, Virginia1961–1982
U.S. Army Reserve captain1955–1961
Western District of VirginiaAssistant U.S. attorney · 1958–1961- JAG CorpsU.S. Army · 1952–1955
Appointments
1981–2020 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1952- Concord CollegeB.A. · 1951