John A. Field Jr.

Judge John A. Field Jr.

Personal

Birthday:

3/22/1910

Birthplace:

Charleston, WV

Date of Death:

12/16/1995

Place of Death:

Naples, FL

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Charleston, West Virginia, 1935-1943, 1947-1957
U.S. Navy, 1944-1946
Member, Charleston [West Virginia] City Council, 1947-1955; president, 1951-1955
Republican candidate for attorney general, State of West Virginia, 1956
Tax commissioner, State of West Virginia, 1957-1959

Education

Name of School:

Hampden-Sydney College

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1932

Name of School - Second:

University of Virginia School of Law

Virginia is justly famous for its collegial environment that bonds students and faculty, and student satisfaction is consistently cited as among the highest in American law schools. Intellectual challenges are met in a spirit of cooperation. Small first-year sections promote individual inquiry while providing support and friendship. Students learn together, reading each other's work and freely sharing course outlines and other materials, confidently relying on the nation's oldest student-run Honor System to maintain the highest ethical standards.

Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1935

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia

Court Name:

West Virginia Southern District Court

President Nominating:

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

8/13/1959

Termination Date:

10/7/1971

Termination Reason:

Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Court Name - Second:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Court Name - Second:

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Second:

9/22/1971

Retirement from Active Service - Second:

4/1/1976

Termination Date - Second:

12/16/1995

Termination Reason - Second:

Death