James Parker Jones (born July 3, 1940) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. He served as a judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2015 to 2022. He served as a judge of the United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court from 2016 to 2021.
James Parker Jones
Virginia Western District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia
Born 1940 in Tampa, FL
FJC ID: 1196
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 1/year
Virginia Western District Court · 1996–
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
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 2007–2011
- Virginia State Board of EducationMember · 1990–1996
- Private practice, Bristol, Virginia1971–1995
- VirginiaState senator · 1983–1988
- Private practice, Abingdon, Virginia1968–1971
Law clerk , Hon. Clement Haynsworth · 1966–1968
Commonwealth of VirginiaAssistant attorney general · 1965–1966
Appointments
1996–2021 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
LL.B. · 1965- Duke UniversityA.B. · 1962