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Changing short description from "American lawyer" to "American lawyer (1944–2022)"

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{{Short description|American lawyer (1944–2022)}}

{{infobox officeholder
|office=Chief Judge of the [[Virginia Court of Appeals]]
|term_start=April 1, 2006
|term_end=December 31, 2014
|preceded=[[Johanna L. Fitzpatrick]]
|succeeded=[[Glen A. Huff]]
|office2=Judge of the [[Virginia Court of Appeals]]
|term_start2=September 1, 2002
|term_end2=December 31, 2014
|preceded2=[[Jere M. H. Willis Jr.]]
|succeeded2=[[Mary Grace O'Brien]]
|office3=Counsel to the Governor of Virginia
|governor3=[[Jim Gilmore]]
|term_start3=January 17, 1998
|term_end3=January 12, 2002
|preceded3=[[Mark Christie]]
|succeeded3=Robert Blue
|birth_name=Walter Shepard Felton Jr.
|birth_date={{birth date|1944|07|28}}
|birth_place=[[Suffolk, Virginia|Suffolk]], [[Virginia]], U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|2022|04|29|1944|07|28}}
|death_place=
|party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|education=[[University of Richmond]]
|allegiance={{flag|United States}}
|branch=[[United States Army]]
|serviceyears=1969–1973
|unit=[[Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Army|J.A.G. Corps]]
|battles=[[Vietnam War]]
}}

'''Walter Shepard Felton Jr.''' (July 28, 1944 – April 29, 2022) was the [[Chief judge (United States)|Chief Judge]] of the [[Court of Appeals of Virginia]]. He graduated from the [[University of Richmond]] in 1966 and the [[University of Richmond School of Law]] in 1969. Felton previously served as Deputy [[Attorney General of Virginia]] and law professor at the [[Marshall-Wythe School of Law]].

Felton retired from the Court on December 31, 2014,<ref>{{cite news |publisher=[[Virginia Lawyers Weekly]] |title=Assembly requests recommendations for appellate judgeships |last=Vieth |first=Peter |date=September 22, 2014 |url=http://valawyersweekly.com/2014/09/22/assembly-requests-recommendations-for-appellate-judgeships/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014141444/https://valawyersweekly.com/2014/09/22/assembly-requests-recommendations-for-appellate-judgeships/ |archive-date=2014-10-14 |url-status=live}}</ref> assuming senior status upon his retirement.

Judge Felton died on April 29, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |website=[[Dignity Memorial]] |title=The Honorable Walter S. Felton Jr. |url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/williamsburg-va/walter-felton-10732889 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505170534/https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/williamsburg-va/walter-felton-10732889 |archive-date=2022-05-05 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |journal=[[University of Richmond Law Review]] |volume=57 |last=Decker |first=Marla Graff |author-link=Marla Graff Decker |title=In Memoriam: The Honorable Walter S. Felton, Jr. |date=Dec 1, 2022 |url=https://lawreview.richmond.edu/2022/12/01/in-memoriam-the-honorable-walter-s-felton-jr/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202040550/https://lawreview.richmond.edu/2022/12/01/in-memoriam-the-honorable-walter-s-felton-jr/ |archive-date=2022-12-02 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |website=[[College of William & Mary|W&M]] News |title=Notice regarding Walter S. Felton Jr. |last=Agouris |first=Peggy |date=May 17, 2022 |url=https://news.wm.edu/announcements/notice-regarding-walter-s-felton-jr/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808154822/https://news.wm.edu/announcements/notice-regarding-walter-s-felton-jr/ |archive-date=2022-08-08 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=[[The Virginia Gazette]] |title=Longtime judge Walter Felton Jr. remembered as humble and kind |last=Wilkerson |first=Sian |date=May 6, 2022 |url=https://www.dailypress.com/2022/05/06/longtime-judge-walter-felton-jr-remembered-as-humble-and-kind/}}</ref>

==References==
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* [http://www.vba.org/apr02.htm Virginia Bar Association News in Brief, April 2002], featuring a brief biographical sketch marking Felton's appointment to the Court
* [http://lawmagazine.richmond.edu/archives/Sum06/pdfs/Departments/Alumni%20News_Sum06.pdf University of Richmond Alumni News, Fall 2006], featuring another brief sketch marking Felton's appointment as Chief Judge
* [http://www.vsb.org/docs/sections/education/conclave/Conclave-Day-2-panel-4.pdf Panel Discussion on the Role of Judges in Legal Education], Judge Felton reporting
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