Mark Steven Davis

Mark Steven Davis (born 1962) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Education and career

Davis was born in Portsmouth, Virginia. He attended Longwood College in Farmville, transferring to and receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia in 1984, and a Juris Doctor from Washington and Lee University School of Law in 1988. He was a judge on the Portsmouth Circuit Court, Third Judicial Circuit of Virginia from 2003 to 2008.

Federal judicial service

On November 15, 2007, Davis was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia vacated by Judge T. S. Ellis III. Davis was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 10, 2008, and received his commission on June 23, 2008.