Walter Edward Hoffman (July 18, 1907 – November 21, 1996) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Walter Edward Hoffman
Virginia Eastern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Born 1907 in Jersey City, NJ
Died 1996 in Norfolk, VA
FJC ID: 1066
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 12/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 165/year
Virginia Eastern District Court · 1954–1996
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
Director · 1974–1977- Board member · 1972–1974
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1964–1970
- Private practice, Norfolk, Virginia1931–1954
- College of William and Mary School of LawAssistant professor of law · 1933–1942
Appointments
1954–1996 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- William and Mary Law School
- College of William and Mary
LL.B. · 1931- University of PennsylvaniaB.S. · 1928