Judge David J. Novak was appointed to the Eastern District of Virginia by President Donald Trump in 2019.
Judge Novak received his undergraduate degree magna cum laude from Saint Vincent College and his law degree from Villanova University School of Law. He served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Texas from 1991 to 1994, then as a Trial Attorney in the DOJ Criminal Division before joining the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, where he spent 18 years as an AUSA, including service as Chief of the Criminal Division and Senior Litigation Counsel. He served as a U.S. Magistrate Judge in this court from February 1, 2012, to October 2019. President Trump nominated him on March 26, 2019; he was confirmed 89-3 on October 16, 2019, and received his commission on October 17, 2019.
Education
- Villanova University School of Law, J.D., 1986
- Saint Vincent College, B.A. (magna cum laude), 1983
Career
- U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Virginia (Richmond Division), 2019–present
- U.S. Magistrate Judge, Eastern District of Virginia, 2012–2019
- Senior Litigation Counsel and Chief, Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Virginia
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia
- Trial Attorney, DOJ Criminal Division
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Texas, 1991–1994