--- title: "Raymond Alvin Jackson | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/raymond-a-jackson" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Raymond Alvin Jackson 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, 1993-present - Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, having assumed senior status on November 23, 2021 - From 1977 to 1993, Jackson was Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia - Served in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps from 1973 to 1977, attaining the rank of captain, and subsequently served in the U.S. Army Reserve as a colonel - In summary: Raymond Alvin Jackson is a veteran federal judge with a long career in law enforcement, public service, and the judiciary, recognized for his work in the Eastern District of Virginia and his contributions to legal scholarship and service ### Education - University of Virginia School of Law — J.D. (1973) - Norfolk State University — B.A. (1970) ### Additional information - Adjunct lecturer, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William and Mary, 1993-present - U.S. Army Reserve colonel, 1977-present - data, Jackson handled 4,524 district court cases between 1992 and 2026, with a median case resolution time of about 160 days. - Board member, Federal Judicial Center, 2019-2023 - Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Inc. (2003). - Nomination: September 24, 1993, by President Bill Clinton to replace Richard Leroy Williams. - Commission: November 22, 1993. - Confirmation: November 20, 1993, by a voice vote in the U.S. Senate. - He also held the role of an adjunct lecturer at the College of William & Mary’s Marshall-Wythe School of Law in 1981–1991 and in 1993. - U.S. Army captain, JAG Corps, 1973-1977 - Born August 3, 1949, in Sussex, Virginia. - Date of birth: 1949-01-01 - Of 734 appellate reviews, 621 were affirmed. - Notable opinions include Scott v. - His case types included prisoner/habeas (37%), civil rights (12%), contract (11%), and other civil matters. - Jackson is married to Gwendolyn Jackson, a retired Virginia judge, and their daughter Candace Jackson-Akiwumi is a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. - Birth place: Sussex, VA ## 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 ### presentation procedure Scope: courtwide Courtwide presentation-related guidance applies to this judge. Evidence excerpt: Evidence Presentation System . EVIDENCE PRESENTATION SYSTEMS . The Court’s evidence presentation system allows attorneys to : . [Evidence Presentation System | Eastern District of Virginia | United States District Court](https://www.vaed.uscourts.gov/evidence-presentation-system) Source checked: 2026-07-24 ### 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/1382726) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1382726) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1382726) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1610/raymond-alvin-jackson/) - [Evidence Presentation System | Eastern District of Virginia | United States District Court](https://www.vaed.uscourts.gov/evidence-presentation-system) - [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/1610/raymond-alvin-jackson/) - [Judge Raymond Alvin Jackson](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1382726) - [Wikidata: Raymond Alvin Jackson](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7298558) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/raymond-a-jackson", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/raymond-a-jackson", "name": "Raymond Alvin Jackson | KnowJudges", "description": "Raymond Alvin Jackson, 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.