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Vijaya Gadde
Vijaya Gadde, Indian-born American corporate lawyer; Twitter chief legal officer 2018–2022 (general counsel from 2013), oversaw trust and safety; Wilson Sonsini and Juniper before; boards include Guardant Health, Mercy Corps.
Viktor Medvedchuk (Віктор Володимирович Медведчук)
Viktor Medvedchuk (Віктор Володимирович Медведчук), born 1954, Ukrainian lawyer, oligarch, and pro-Russian politician; head of Presidential Administration 2002–05, Opposition Platform co-chair, charged with treason, exchanged to Russia in 2022, stripped of citizenship in 2023.
Viktor Shokin (Віктор Миколайович Шокін)
Viktor Shokin (Віктор Миколайович Шокін), Ukrainian Prosecutor General February 2015 to March 2016, dismissed under US pressure over corruption inaction; his firing later anchored disputed Biden-Burisma claims.
Vince Foster
Vince Foster (Vincent Walker Foster Jr., 1945–1993), Arkansas lawyer and Clinton's Deputy White House Counsel, died by suicide in Fort Marcy Park on July 20, 1993; five government investigations confirmed suicide, fueling enduring conspiracy theories.
Vince G. Chhabria
Vince Girdhari Chhabria, born in 1969 in San Francisco, is a United States district judge for the Northern District of California, appointed by President Obama in 2014.
Vincent Bugliosi
Vincent Bugliosi (1934–2015) was an American attorney who, as a Los Angeles County deputy district attorney, prosecuted Charles Manson and wrote the bestselling book Helter Skelter.
Vincent L. Briccetti
Vincent Louis Briccetti, born 1954, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the Southern District of New York, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2011.
Vipul Pancholi
Justice Vipul Manubhai Pancholi, Supreme Court of India judge since 29 August 2025; former Chief Justice of Patna High Court and Gujarat High Court judge; elevated 4:1 over Justice Nagarathna's dissent; in line for CJI in October 2031.
Virginia A. Phillips
Virginia A. Phillips, born 1957, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California since 2022.
Virginia E. Hopkins
Virginia E. Hopkins, born Virginia Emerson Hopkins in 1952, is an American jurist who served as a US district judge for the Northern District of Alabama from 2004 to 2019.
Virginia M. H. Covington
Virginia M. H. Covington, born 1955, is an American jurist serving as a federal district judge in Florida since 2004, appointed by President George W. Bush.
Virginia M. Kendall
Virginia Mary Kendall, born 1962, is an American federal judge on the Northern District of Illinois since 2006, appointed by George W. Bush and serving as chief judge since 2024.
Vladimir Zhirinovsky (Влади́мир Во́льфович Жирино́вский)
Vladimir Zhirinovsky (Владимир Жириновский), born Vladimir Eidelshtein, 1946-2022, founded and led Russia's LDPR from 1990, sat in all eight State Dumas, ran for president six times, and died in Moscow in April 2022.
W. E. Davis
W. E. Davis, also known as W. Eugene Davis, is an American jurist on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals since 1983, appointed by President Ronald Reagan.
W. Louis Sands
W. Louis Sands, also known as Willie Louis Sands, is a senior United States district judge for the Middle District of Georgia, appointed by President Clinton in 1994.
Walter D. Counts III
Walter D. Counts III, born 1961 in Knox City, Texas, is a United States district judge for the Western District of Texas, confirmed unanimously in 2018.
Walter de Havilland
Walter Augustus de Havilland was an English patent attorney and professor of Law at Waseda University in Tokyo, and father of actresses Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine.
Walter H. Rice
Walter H. Rice, born Walter Herbert Rice, is an American jurist who served as a federal district judge in Ohio from 1980 to 2026, appointed by Jimmy Carter.
Walter Hallstein
Walter Hallstein (1901–1982), German jurist and diplomat: law professor at Rostock and Frankfurt, State Secretary under Adenauer, namesake of the Hallstein Doctrine, and first President of the EEC Commission 1958–1967, a founding father of the EU.
Walter Nixon
Walter L. Nixon Jr. (born 1928), federal district judge in Mississippi, impeached and removed by the Senate in 1989 after a perjury conviction; his case produced Nixon v. United States (1993).
Warren Christopher
Warren Minor Christopher (1925–2011), American lawyer-diplomat, 63rd U.S. Secretary of State (1993–1997) under Clinton; earlier Deputy Secretary of State under Carter and Iran hostage negotiator; brokered Dayton Accords.
Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr.
Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr., born 1956 in Nashville, is a United States district judge for the Middle District of Tennessee, appointed by Barack Obama in 2016.
Wayne E. Alley
Wayne Edward Alley (born 1932) is an American jurist who served as a United States district judge in Oklahoma from 1985 until 1999, appointed by Ronald Reagan.
Webster Hubbell
Webster Lee (Webb) Hubbell, born 1948, Arkansas lawyer, Rose Law Firm managing partner, Little Rock mayor, and Clinton associate attorney general; convicted 1994 of billing fraud, later subject of United States v. Hubbell (2000).
Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen
Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen (born 1959) is a Norwegian jurist, Oslo District Court judge 2007–2014 and Supreme Court justice 2014–2026, best known as presiding judge of the 2012 Breivik 22 July trial.
Wendy B. Vitter
Wendy Baldwin Vitter is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana since 2019, appointed by President Donald Trump.
Wendy Beetlestone
Wendy Beetlestone is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania since 2014, and became chief judge in 2025.
Wendy W. Berger
Wendy Williams Berger is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Middle District of Florida since 2019, appointed by President Donald Trump.
Wesley L. Hsu
Wesley L. Hsu is a United States district judge for the Central District of California since 2023, previously a federal prosecutor specializing in cyber and intellectual property crimes.
Whitewater controversy
The Whitewater controversy, also called the Whitewater scandal or Whitewater affair, was a series of investigations from 1994 to 2001 into a failed Arkansas land investment by Bill and Hillary Clinton.