• District Court, M.D. Tennessee

  Judge

  2018 – present · 8 yrsAppointed by Donald John Trump

Career

• Leadership staff

  Legislative Research Commission, Commonwealth of Kentucky

  2016 – 2017 · 1 yr

• Adjunct professor

  Vanderbilt University Law School

  2016 – present · 10 yrs

• Adjunct instructor

  Belmont University College of Law

  2013 – 2015 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  2010 – 2018 · 8 yrs

• Resident legal advisor, Office of Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training, U.S. Embassy

  Belgrade, Serbia (on detail)

  2009 – 2010 · 1 yr

• Assistant U.S. attorney

  Middle District of Tennessee

  2004 – 2010 · 6 yrs

• Assistant U.S. attorney

  District of New Jersey

  2002 – 2004 · 2 yrs

• Special agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation

  1998 – 2002 · 4 yrs

• Private practice

  1997 – 1998 · 1 yr

• Private practice

  1995 – 1997 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  1993 – 1995 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  1992 – 1993 · 1 yr

Education

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