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Senior Judge, United States District Court, District of Columbia, 2015-present

Judge, United States District Court, District of Columbia, 2001-2015

Presiding Judge, United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 2013-2014

Judge, United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 2007-2014

Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1981-1989, 1991-2001

Nominated by President George W. Bush, Judge, United States District Court, District of Columbia, September 4, 2001

Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, District of Columbia, September 21, 2001

Associate Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy, 1989-1991

Senior White House Advisor for Crime, Office of President George H.W. Bush, 1991

Assistant United States Attorney/Executive Assistant United States Attorney, District of Columbia, 1976-1981

Staff Attorney, Defender Association of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1974-1976

Member, Criminal Law Committee, United States Supreme Court, 2005-2011

Chair, National Prison Rape Elimination Commission, 2004-2009

Awards:

Presidential Who's Who District Court Judge of the Year in 2010; induction into the Mid Mon Valley (Pennsylvania) All Sports Hall of Fame in 2009; induction into the Ringgold High School Rams Club Hall of Fame in 2010; an Honorary Doctorate of Laws Degree from West Virginia State University in 2008; the National Organization for Black Law Enforcement Executives' Community Service Award, Washington D.C. Chapter, in 2008; a Leadership in Education Award from The American University, Washington Semester Program in 2007; the Ringgold High School Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007; his selection to the West Virginia State University Alumni Hall of Fame in 2004; his inclusion in the 2001-2011 editions of The Marquis Who's Who in America, and the 2000-2011 editions of The Marquis Who's Who in the World; the 2000 North Star Award, presented by The American University, Washington College of Law; the 1999 Distinguished Alumni Award, presented by The American University, Washington College of Law; the 1997 Honorable Robert A. Shuker Memorial Award, presented by the Assistant United States Attorneys= Association; the 1993 William H. Hastie Award, presented by the Judicial Council of the National Bar Association; the 1990 County Spotlight Award, presented by the National Association of Counties; the 1990 James R. Waddy Meritorious Service Award, presented by the West Virginia State University National Alumni Association; the Secretary's Award, presented by the Department of Veterans Affairs in 1990; the 1989 H. Carl Moultrie Award, presented by the District of Columbia Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; the Bar Association of the District of Columbia Young Lawyer's Section 1989 Award for Distinguished Service to the Community and the Nation; the 1989 Dean's Award for Distinguished Service to The American University, Washington College of Law; and the United States Department of Justice's Directors Award for Superior Performance as an Assistant United States Attorney in 1980.
April 9, 1991 declared Judge Reggie B. Walton Day in the State of Louisiana by the Governor of Louisiana
Commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel by Governor Wallace G. Wilkinson in 1990 and 1991 (highest civilian honor awarded by the State of Kentucky)