He returned to private practice in Charleston from 1972 to 1981, and was in the West Virginia Air National Guard from 1978 to 1992.
He was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia from 1981 to 1986, again returning to private practice in Charleston from 1987 to 1991, also serving as a special part-time assistant United States attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia from 1988 to 1990.
[1] Faber earned his Doctor of Philosophy in history from the University of Cambridge.
He served as Chief Judge from 2002 to 2007, assuming senior status on December 31, 2008.
[1] Faber sits by designation on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.