--- title: "John Adrian Gibney Jr. | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/john-adrian-gibney-jr" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # John Adrian Gibney Jr. 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: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, E.D. Virginia, 2010-present - Adjunct professor, University of Richmond School of Law, 2005-2010 - 2003–2010: Partner & civil litigator, Thompson McMullan, Richmond, VA - 1987–2003: Partner, Shuford, Rubin & Gibney, Richmond, VA - 1984–1987: Associate, Lacy & Mehfoud, Richmond, VA - 1982–1984: Assistant Attorney General, Commonwealth of Virginia, Litigation Section - 1978–1982: Associate, Bell, Lacy & Baliles, Richmond, VA - Law clerk, Hon. Harry L. Carrico, Supreme Court of Virginia, 1976-1978 - Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ### Education - University of Virginia School of Law — J.D. (1976) - in English, College of William & Mary — B.A. (1973) ### Additional information - 22, 2026, in King v. - data, Gibney handled 1,932 district‐court cases (2000–2025), with a median case duration of 177 days. - BAC Home Loan Servicing, LP (2011). - Appointed: By President Barack Obama on April 14, 2010, to a seat vacated by Robert E. Payne. - 16, 2010; commissioned Dec. - Private practice, Richmond, VA, 1984-2010 - Town attorney, Ashland, VA, 1999-2004 - Private practice, Richmond, VA, 1978-1982 - Born October 27, 1951, in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. - Date of birth: 1951-01-01 - O’Bannon, Gibney ruled that Virginia may not disenfranchise individuals whose convictions stem from felonies created after 1870 under the Virginia Readmission Act, refranchising those with post‐1870 drug offense convictions. - On appeal, 208 of 238 reviewed cases were affirmed, 20 reversed or vacated, and 10 affirmed in part and reversed in part. - His caseload included civil rights, contract, criminal, and habeas corpus matters. - He authored 7 published opinions, most cited for Parks v. - Notable recent ruling: On Jan. - Confirmed: U.S. Senate by voice vote on Dec. - Birth place: Coatesville, PA ## 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/1393526) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393526) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393526) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1188/john-adrian-gibney-jr/) - [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) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1188/john-adrian-gibney-jr/) - [Wikidata: John A. Gibney, Jr.](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6217704) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/john-adrian-gibney-jr", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/john-adrian-gibney-jr", "name": "John Adrian Gibney Jr. | KnowJudges", "description": "John Adrian Gibney Jr., U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. 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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.