James Clinton Turk (May 3, 1923 – July 6, 2014) was a Virginia lawyer, state senator and for more than four decades, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia.
James Clinton Turk
Virginia Western District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia
Born 1923 in Roanoke County, VA
Died 2014 in Radford, VA
FJC ID: 2422
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 25/year
Virginia Western District Court · 1972–2014
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, Radford, Virginia1952–1972
- VirginiaState senator · 1959–1972
- ↳minority leader · 1965–1972
U.S. Army staff sergeant1943–1946
Appointments
1972–2014 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1952- Roanoke CollegeA.B. · 1949