Glen E. Conrad

Glen Edward Conrad (born 1949) is a U.S. district judge and a current federal judicial nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Early life and education

Born and raised in Radford, Virginia, Conrad was the son of an elementary school teacher mother and a father who worked in the post office, according to an article in the Roanoke Times that was published on October 20, 2003. Conrad earned a bachelor's degree from the College of William and Mary in 1971, where he wrote his senior thesis on the Republican Party, according to the 2003 Roanoke Times article. While writing that thesis, Conrad met James C. Turk, the federal district judge whom he eventually would succeed on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia.

Conrad then earned a law degree from the College of William and Mary's Marshall-Wythe School of Law in 1974. [http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=3031 Judges of the United States Courts ] ]

Professional career

Conrad's first job was as an interpreter/host at Colonial Williamsburg in 1974. He then worked as a U.S. probation officer for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia from 1975 until 1976. Conrad also worked as a law clerk for U.S. District Judge Ted Dalton from 1975 until 1976.

Federal judicial service

In 1976, Conrad became a U.S. magistrate for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. He served in that capacity until 2003. Conrad applied for a federal judgeship in 1990, according to an article in the Roanoke Times that was published on October 20, 2003.

On April 28, 2003, President George W. Bush nominated Conrad to become a U.S. district judge for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. "I felt like I had done just about all I could do with the responsibilities I had," Conrad told the Roanoke Times in the 2003 article. The U.S. Senate confirmed Conrad in an 89-0 vote on September 22, 2003.

On May 8, 2008, President George W. Bush nominated Conrad to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, to fill the seat of H. Emory Widener, Jr., who had taken senior status in July 2007 (Widener died in September 2007). Bush had withdrawn the nomination of his previous choice for that seat, Duncan Getchell, after objections by both of Virginia's senators. [ [http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200805/050808b.html Comment Of Sen. Leahy On The President's Nomination Of Judge Glen E. Conrad To The Fourth Circuit Of Appeals ] ]

Family

Conrad's wife, Mary Ann, is active in the Republican Party, according to a Roanoke Times article that was published on October 20, 2003.

References

External links

* [http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=3031 Federal Judicial Center Profile]