• District Court, E.D. Tennessee

  Judge

  1988 – 2001 · 13 yrsAppointed by Ronald Reagan

Career

• Chancellor

  Tennessee Chancery Court, First Judicial District

  1980 – 1988 · 8 yrs

• Private practice

  1971 – 1980 · 9 yrs

• Trust officer/vice president, Commercial National Bank

  1969 – 1971 · 2 yrs

• Trust officer, First National Bank

  1969 – 1971 · 2 yrs

• Trust officer, First People's Bank

  1966 – 1969 · 3 yrs

• Private practice

  1964 – 1966 · 2 yrs

• Manager, Frontier Refining Company

  1962 – 1964 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  1960 – 1961 · 1 yr

• U.S. Army

  1954 – 1956 · 2 yrs