• Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

  Judge

  2002 – present · 24 yrsAppointed by George W. Bush

• District Court, W.D. Tennessee

  Judge

  1983 – 2002 · 19 yrsAppointed by Ronald Reagan

Career

• Judge, Tennessee Circuit Court

  Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Division VI

  1981 – 1983 · 2 yrs

• Legal advisor

  1979 – 1981 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  1976 – 1979 · 3 yrs

• Law clerk

  Hon. William E. Miller, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

  1975 – 1976 · 1 yr

Education