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Appointment of an Advisory Panel to Assist Court in its Determination as to the Appointment of a Magistrate Judge 7/24/2013

W.D. Va. Standing Order — Appointment of an Advisory Panel to Assist Court in its Dete

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA IN THE MATTER OF THE APPOINTMENT OF AN ADVISORY PANEL OF CITIZENS TO ASSIST THE COURT IN ITS DETERMINATION AS TO THE APPOINTMENT OF A MAGISTRATE JUDGE Inasmuch as it is anticipated that the Judicial Conference of the United States will authorize the appointment of a full-time United States Magistrate Judge to fill the vacancy in the Western District of Virginia at Charlottesville, and that the Conference will authorize the redesignation of this full-time position from Charlottesville to Harrisonburg, the Court, therefore, in accordance with the Federal Magistrates Act and the regulations of the Judicial Conference, hereby appoints the following advisory panel of citizens to assist the judges in the selection process: Phillip C. Stone, Sr., Chairman - Attorney - Harrisonburg, Virginia Elizabeth J. Peiffer, Esq. - Attorney - Charlottesville, Virginia Rosalie Pemberton Fessier, Esq. - Attorney - Staunton, Virginia Thomas E. Albro, Esq. - Attorney - Charlottesville, Virginia C. Cooper Geraty III, Esq. - Attorney - Charlottesville, Virginia Gregory W. Bowman, Esq. - Attorney - Winchester, Virginia Dr. Scott R. Kizner - Superintendent - Harrisonburg City Public Schools, Harrisonburg, Virginia Mr. Greg Fisher - President, Eddins Ford, Inc. - Madison, Virginia Mark R. Davis, Esq. - Retired Assistant Attorney General- Richmond, Virginia Mr. Ernest Holley - Retired - Staunton, Virginia Chairman of the panel shall be Phillip C. Stone Sr., Esq., who shall perform such duties as the court may assign. ENTER this 24th day of July, 2013. Glen E. Conrad Chief United States District Judge
Official source: https://www.vawd.uscourts.gov/sites/Public/assets/File/StandingOrders/MagistrateJudges/adv · retrieved 2026-07-23