--- title: "Jamar Kentrell Walker | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jamar-kentrell-walker" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-03" --- # Jamar Kentrell Walker U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia - State: Virginia - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, appointed by President Joe Biden in 2023 and confirmed by the Senate 52–41 - Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Virginia, 2015-2023; acting chief, 2022, and deputy chief, 2022-2023, Financial Crimes and Public Corruption Unit - On July 13, 2022, President Biden nominated Walker to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, replacing Judge Raymond Alvin Jackson, who took senior status in 2021 - Associate attorney at Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C. (2012–2015) - Law clerk, Hon. Raymond A. Jackson, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 2011-2012 ### Education - University of Virginia School of Law in — J.D. (2011) - University of Virginia in — B.A. (2008) ### Additional information - Commission issued: March 3, 2023 - Sworn in: March 6, 2023 - Senate confirmation: February 28, 2023, by a 52–41 vote - focusing on white‐collar crime; held the role of acting chief and deputy chief of the Financial Crimes and Public Corruption Unit (2022–2023) - Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: September 21, 2022 - Committee vote: 15–7 (Dec 1, 2022) - Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2012-2015 - Jamar Kentrell Walker was born in 1986 in Nassawadox, Virginia. - Date of birth: 1986 - Birth place: Nassawadox ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13328846) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13328846) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13328846) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [Judge Jamar Kentrell Walker](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13328846) - [Wikidata: Jamar K. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.