Stephanie Dawn Thacker (née Young; born August 22, 1965) is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 10/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 180/year
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · 2012–
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
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Charleston, West Virginia1992–1994, 2006–2012
U.S. Department of JusticeChild Exploitation and Obscenity Section · 1999–2006- ↳trial attorney · 1999–2002
- ↳deputy chief for litigation · 2002–2004
- ↳principal deputy chief · 2004–2006
Assistant U.S. attorney · 1994–1999- Private practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania1990–1992
- Environmental Division, State of West VirginiaAssistant attorney general · 1992
Appointments
2012–present · Appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Education
- West Virginia University College of LawJ.D. · 1990
- Marshall UniversityB.A. · 1987