• District Court, M.D. Tennessee

  Judge

  1998 – present · 28 yrsAppointed by William Jefferson Clinton

Career

• U.S. Bankruptcy Judge

  Middle District of Tennessee

  1993 – 1998 · 5 yrs

• Chief of staff, Mayor Phil Bredesen

  1991 – 1992 · 1 yr

• Private practice

  1985 – 1991 · 6 yrs

• Legal counsel

  College of Charleston

  1984 – 1985 · 1 yr

• Private practice

  1983 – 1984 · 1 yr

• Assistant U.S. attorney

  Middle District of Tennessee

  1980 – 1982 · 2 yrs

• Assistant U.S. attorney

  Northern District of Illinois

  1979 – 1980 · 1 yr

• Assistant U.S. attorney

  Middle District of Tennessee

  1977 – 1979 · 2 yrs

• Clerk and associate

  1974 – 1977 · 3 yrs

Education