Background
Kelley, Junior, Walter D. was born on July 28, 1955 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States.
Kelley, Junior, Walter D. was born on July 28, 1955 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States.
Washington & Lee University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1977. Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1981). Omicron Delta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha.
Order of the Coif.
Articles Editor, Washington & Lee Law Review, 1980-1981. Law Clerk to Honorary Ellsworth A. Van Graafeiland, United States. Court of Appeals for Second Circuit, 1981-1982.
Member, Washington & Lee Law Council, since 1987.
Member, House of Delegates, Antitrust Law Section, American Bar Association. President, 1988-1989, Young Lawyers Conference and Chairman, Antitrust, Franchise and Trade Regulation Section, 1990-1991.
Member, Intellectual Property Section, Virginia State Bar. Antitrust, Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property.
A native of Virginia"s second-largest city, Norfolk, Walter Kelley received a Bachelor of Arts from Washington and Lee University in 1977 and remained at the Washington and Lee University Law School, where he earned a Juris Doctor in 1981. He was a law clerk in New York City to United States. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Justice Ellsworth Van Graafeiland from 1981 to 1982 and then entered private practice in Norfolk, remaining from 1982 to 2004. In 2003 he served as adjunct professor of law, Regent University.
On October 31, 2003, President George West. Bush nominated Kelley to the United States. District Court seat vacated by Henry C. Morgan.
He was confirmed by the Senate on June 23, 2004, and received his commission on August 16, 2004. In 2007, he was among several lawyers and jurists recommended by the Virginia Bar Association for two open Virginia seats on the United States. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
On February 11, 2008, Kelley announced that he would resign from the bench, explaining in a follow-up interview that "I don"t so much enjoy the day-to-day drugs and guns and immigration cases that make up much of our docket.." His resignation took effect on May 16 and he subsequently joined the Washington, District of Columbia offices of the worldwide law firm Jones Day. After six years at Jones Day, Kelley moved to litigation specialty firm Hausfeld, Limited Liability Partnership, in the fall of 2014.
Member, House of Delegates, Antitrust Law and Litigation Sections, American Bar Association. President, 1988-1989, Young Lawyers Conference and Chairman, Antitrust, Franchise and Trade Regulation Section, 1990-1991. Member, Intellectual Property Section, Virginia State Bar.