Virginia M. Hernandez Covington

Who is Virginia M. Hernandez Covington?

Virginia Maria Hernandez Covington is an American lawyer and federal judge.

Covington was born in 1955 in Tampa. She received her Bachelor of Science degree cum laude from the University of Tampa in 1976, where she received the Outstanding Female Graduate Award. She received her Master of Business Administration from the University of Tampa in 1977 and her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1980. At Georgetown she was elected to the Tax Lawyer law journal.

Covington served as a trial attorney for the Federal Trade Commission from 1980 to 1981. She served as an assistant state attorney for the 13th Judicial Circuit of Florida from 1982 to 1983. Covington served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida from 1983 to 2001, working in the United States Department of Justice Civil Division from 1983 to 1988 and as Assistant U.S. Attorney as chief of the Asset Forfeiture Section in the United States Department of Justice Criminal Division from 1989 to 2001.

On September 25, 2001, Florida Governor Jeb Bush appointed Covington to the Florida Second District Court of Appeal. President George W.