David A. Faber

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| name = David Alan Faber

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| office = Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

| term_start = December 31, 2008

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| office1 = Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

| term_start1 = 2002

| term_end1 = 2007

| predecessor1 = Charles Harold Haden II

| successor1 = Joseph R. Goodwin

| office2 = Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

| term_start2 = November 21, 1991

| term_end2 = December 31, 2008

| appointer2 = George H. W. Bush

| predecessor2 = Seat established by 104 Stat. 5089

| successor2 = Irene Berger

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| birth_name = David Alan Faber

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|10|21}}

| birth_place = Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.

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| education = West Virginia University (AB)
Yale University (JD)
{{nowrap|University of Cambridge (PhD)}}
University of Virginia (LLM)

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David Alan Faber (born October 21, 1942) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.

Education and career

Feber was born in Charleston, West Virginia. He graduated from Sissonville High School and received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from West Virginia University in 1964 and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1967. He was in private practice in Charleston from 1967 to 1968. He was in the United States Air Force, JAG Corps from 1968 to 1972, and was then in the United States Naval Reserve from 1973 to 1977. He returned to private practice in Charleston from 1972 to 1981, and was in the West Virginia Air National Guard from 1978 to 1992. He was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia from 1981 to 1986, again returning to private practice in Charleston from 1987 to 1991, also serving as a special part-time assistant United States attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia from 1988 to 1990.{{FJC Bio|nid=1380591|inline=yes}} Faber earned his Doctor of Philosophy in history from the University of Cambridge. He earned his Master of Laws from the University of Virginia School of Law.