Earle Duncan Getchell, Jr. (born October 12, 1949 in Mobile, Alabama, and died May 1, 2024 in Richmond, Virginia) was an American lawyer and a former nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Getchell attended Emory University on an Air Force ROTC Scholarship and graduated with high honors.
[1] In 2021, Mr. Getchell retired from private practice and shortly thereafter was appointed Deputy Counselor to the Governor by then Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin.
On September 6, 2007, President George W. Bush nominated Getchell to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated by Judge H. Emory Widener, Jr., who had taken senior status on July 17, 2007.
Senators at the time – John Warner and George Allen, both Republicans – had recommended three candidates from Virginia for two open seats on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.