J. Harvie Wilkinson III

Harvie Wilkinson
Wilkinson in 2022
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In office
February 14, 1996 – February 15, 2003
Preceded bySamuel James Ervin III
Succeeded byWilliam Walter Wilkins
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Assumed office
August 13, 1984
Appointed byRonald Reagan
Preceded byJohn D. Butzner Jr.
Personal details
BornJames Harvie Wilkinson III
(1944-09-29) September 29, 1944
PartyRepublican
Spouse
Lossie Grist Noell
(m. 1973)
Children2
RelativesJeff Wall (son-in-law)
EducationYale University (BA)
University of Virginia (JD)

James Harvie Wilkinson III (born September 29, 1944) is an American attorney and jurist who has served as a United States circuit judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit since 1984. He was appointed to the Fourth Circuit by President Ronald Reagan and he served as chief judge of the circuit from 1996 to 2003.