Robert Charles Chambers (born August 27, 1952) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
Robert Charles Chambers
West Virginia Southern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
Born 1952 in Williamson, WV
FJC ID: 2722
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 8/year
West Virginia Southern District Court · 1997–
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, Charleston, West Virginia1977–1978, 1978–1997
- West VirginiaState delegate · 1978–1996
- West Virginia State SenateLegal counsel · 1978
Appointments
1997–present · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
- West Virginia University College of LawJ.D. · 1977
- Marshall UniversityA.B. · 1974