The Hon. James S. Mathews (Ret.) served as a judge for the 4th Judicial District Court of Virginia.
The 4th Judicial District encompasses the City of Norfolk.
Mathews earned a bachelor’s degree from Randolph-Macon College in 1963. He then completed an LL.B. at the University of Virginia School of Law in 1966. He is licensed to practice in Virginia (1966), the United States Supreme Court (1969), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (1971), and the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit (1979).