G. Steven Agee

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George Steven Agee (born November 12, 1952 in Roanoke, Virginia) is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. On May 20, 2008, he was confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate to be a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. His commission as a federal judge is pending and Agee remains an active member of the Supreme Court of Virginia.

1 Background
2 Fourth Circuit nomination and confirmation
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Background

He was educated at Bridgewater College (B.A.), the University of Virginia School of Law (J.D.) and New York University (LL.M., Taxation). He has litigated cases in Virginia and federal courts, including arguing for the appellant before the Supreme Court of the United States in Patterson v. Shumate, 504 U.S. 753 (1992).

From 1982 to 1994, he served in the Virginia House of Delegates. Opting to pursue the Republican nomination for Attorney General of Virginia in 1993, he did not seek re-election to the House. In 2001, he became a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia. In 2003, he was elevated to the Supreme Court of Virginia, filling the vacancy created by Justice Harry L. Carrico, who took Senior Justice status.

[edit] Fourth Circuit nomination and confirmation

Agee was nominated on March 13, 2008 by President George W. Bush to fill a vacancy on the Fourth Circuit created by Judge J. Michael Luttig, who resigned on May 10, 2006. President Bush asked the Senate to consider his nomination swiftly because of the court’s heavy caseloads, and because five of the fifteen seats are vacant.^[1] Agee received a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 1, 2008, and was unanimously voted out of committee on May 15, 2008. Agee was confirmed on May 20, 2008, by a vote of 96-0 just over two months after his nomination. Agee is the fourth judge nominated to the Fourth Circuit by Bush and confirmed by the Senate.