Background
King, Robert B. was born on January 29, 1940 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, United States.
King, Robert B. was born on January 29, 1940 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, United States.
West Virginia University (A B., 1961. Juris Doctor, 1968). Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to United States.
District Judge John A. Field, Junior, 1968-1969.
Assistant United States. Attorney, 1970-1974 and United States.
Attorney, 1977-1981, Southern District of West Virginia. Vice Chairman and Secretary, Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of United States.
Attorneys, 1979-1981.
Chairman, Merit Selection Panel, United States. Magistrate for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1981.
Born in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, King earned a bachelor"s degree from West Virginia University in 1961 and a law degree from West Virginia University in 1968. King worked as an active duty officer in the United States. Air Force from 1961 until 1964. After graduating from law school, King clerked for United States. District Judge John A. Field from 1968 to 1969, and then worked in private practice in Charleston, West Virginia from 1969 until 1970.
He worked as an assistant United States. attorney from 1970 until 1974, and then returned to private practice in West Virginia between 1975 and 1977.
King returned to government service in 1977, working as the United States. attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia from 1977 until 1981, prosecuting a number of high-profile political corruption, coal mine fraud and drug cases during his tenure as the top federal prosecutor in the region. He then returned to private practice, working as a lawyer in Charleston from 1981 until his appointment to the Fourth Circuit.
President Clinton nominated King to the Fourth Circuit on June 24, 1998. He had the support of both of his state"s senators at that time: Senator.
Robert Byrd and Senator. Jay Rockefeller.
"I could not be more pleased," he told the Charleston Gazette in an article that was published on June 25, 1998. "lieutenant"s the utmost compliment to be recommended and supported by Senator. Byrd and Senator. Rockefeller.
And the expression of support by President Clinton is the greatest honor of my life."
The United States. Senate unanimously confirmed King to his Fourth Circuit seat in a voice vote on October 8, 1998.
Member, Judicial Investigation Commission of West Virginia, 1990-1994. Disciplinary Systems Review Committee of West Virginia, 1992. Member, Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference.
Member: American Bar Association.
West Virginia State Bar (Member: Board of Governors, 1981-1984. Committee on Legal Ethics, 1984-1987.
Counsel, Committee on Legal Ethics, 1976-1977). Fellow: American Bar Foundation.
American College of Trial Lawyers.
Military: Lieutenant, United States.A.F., 1961-1964.