Background
PAYNE, ROBERT was born on May 7, 1941 in Mountain. Sterling, Kentucky, United States.
PAYNE, ROBERT was born on May 7, 1941 in Mountain. Sterling, Kentucky, United States.
Washington & Lee University (Bachelor of Arts, 1963. Bachelor of Laws, magna cum laude, 1967). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi.
Omicron Delta Kappa.
Comment Editor, Washington & Lee Law Review, 1966-1967. Company-Chairman, 1988 and Chairman, 1989-1990, Commercial Litigation Section, Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys. Chairman, Commercial Litigation Committee, Civil Litigation Section, Virginia Bar Association, 1989.
Born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Payne received a Bachelor of Arts from Washington and Lee University in 1963 and a Juris Doctor from Washington and Lee University School of Law in 1967. He was in the United States Army, Judge Advocate General Corps from 1967 to 1971. He was in private practice in Richmond, Virginia from 1971 to 1992.
On November 20, 1991, Payne was nominated by President George H. West. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia vacated by J. Calvitt Clarke, Junior.
Payne was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 12, 1992, and received his commission on May 13, 1992. He assumed senior status on May 7, 2007.