John Thomas Fowlkes jr

• District Court, W.D. Tennessee

  Judge

  2012 – present · 14 yrsAppointed by Barack Hussein Obama 2

Career

• Judge

  Tennessee Criminal Court, Thirtieth Judicial District

  2007 – 2012 · 5 yrs

• Chief administrative officer

  2002 – 2007 · 5 yrs

• first assistant U.S. attorney

  2001 – 2002 · 1 yr

• first assistant U.S. attorney

  1993 – 1997 · 4 yrs

• Assistant U.S. attorney

  Western District of Tennessee

  1989 – 2002 · 13 yrs

• Assistant district attorney general

  1979 – 1989 · 10 yrs

• Law clerk

  Memphis Tennessee Area Legal Services

  1978 – present · 48 yrs

• Assistant public defender

  1978 – 1979 · 1 yr

Education