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By NEIL H. SIMON, Media General News Service
WASHINGTON--President George W. Bush nominated Glen E. Conrad of Roanoke Thursday to serve on the Richmond-based federal appeals court.
Conrad was unanimously confirmed by the Senate in 2003 to become a federal for judge for the Western District of Virginia. He served as a federal magistrate judge there for 18 years before that.
Now he and Virginia Supreme Court Justice Steven Agee both await confirmation to fill two of five vacancies on the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.
By nominating Conrad, who came recommended by Virginia’s Democratic Sen. Jim Webb and Republican Sen. John Warner, Bush has shown a willingness to appoint centrist judicial nominees in his final year in office.
“I think the White House is being more pragmatic and realistic about what is possible after seeing how much the Senate expedited Agee,” said Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond.
After heeding the recommendations of Virginia’s senators, Bush nominated Agee March 13. The Senate Judiciary Committee held his nomination hearing May 2 and is slated to vote on the appointment May 15 – record speed compared to other more controversial nominees who have gone months without a hearing.
Warner said Conrad would make an “outstanding addition” to the court, which has jurisdiction over North and South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland.
“He is not only a fine jurist held in high esteem by his peers,” Warner said in a statement. “He has also played a prominent role in the legal community outside the courtroom.”
Conrad received his undergraduate and law degrees from the College of William and Mary. He was a 1992 representative to the FBI’s seminar on judicial use of DNA data, and has judged numerous law school and trial competitions.
WASHINGTON--President George W. Bush nominated Glen E. Conrad of Roanoke Thursday to serve on the Richmond-based federal appeals court.
Conrad was unanimously confirmed by the Senate in 2003 to become a federal for judge for the Western District of Virginia. He served as a federal magistrate judge there for 18 years before that.
Now he and Virginia Supreme Court Justice Steven Agee both await confirmation to fill two of five vacancies on the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.
By nominating Conrad, who came recommended by Virginia’s Democratic Sen. Jim Webb and Republican Sen. John Warner, Bush has shown a willingness to appoint centrist judicial nominees in his final year in office.
“I think the White House is being more pragmatic and realistic about what is possible after seeing how much the Senate expedited Agee,” said Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond.
After heeding the recommendations of Virginia’s senators, Bush nominated Agee March 13. The Senate Judiciary Committee held his nomination hearing May 2 and is slated to vote on the appointment May 15 – record speed compared to other more controversial nominees who have gone months without a hearing.
Warner said Conrad would make an “outstanding addition” to the court, which has jurisdiction over North and South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland.
“He is not only a fine jurist held in high esteem by his peers,” Warner said in a statement. “He has also played a prominent role in the legal community outside the courtroom.”
Conrad received his undergraduate and law degrees from the College of William and Mary. He was a 1992 representative to the FBI’s seminar on judicial use of DNA data, and has judged numerous law school and trial competitions.