Magistrate Judge Allyson K. Duncan was sworn in on August 15, 2003, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Her formal investiture ceremony was conducted in Richmond, Va., on Oct. 29. She was nominated in April of 2003 by President George W. Bush, participated in a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on June 25, was voted out 19-0, and received unanimous approval from the Senate on July 17 by a vote of 93-0. The nomination was accompanied by a rating of Highly Qualified -- its highest rating -- from the ABA Standing COmmittee on the Federal Judiciary.

At 20 years of age, she graduated first in a class of 400 from Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, with a B.A. in Political Science, and received her J.D. on an Earl Warren Scholarship from Duke University School of Law. She is married to U.S. Magistrate Judge William A. Webb, and is originally from Durham, where she graduated from Hillside High School.

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