• Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

  Judge

  2011 – present · 15 yrsAppointed by Barack Hussein Obama 2

• District Court, W.D. Tennessee

  Judge

  1995 – 2011 · 16 yrsAppointed by William Jefferson Clinton

Career

• U.S. Bankruptcy Judge

  Western District of Tennessee

  1988 – 1995 · 7 yrs

• Adjunct professor

  University of Memphis School of Law

  1985 – 1988 · 3 yrs

• Judge

  Tennessee General Sessions Criminal Court

  1982 – 1988 · 6 yrs

• Adjunct professor

  Shelby State Community College

  1981 – 1984 · 3 yrs

• Staff attorney

  Employment Law & Economic Development Unit, Memphis Tennessee Area Legal Services

  1980 – present · 46 yrs

• Assistant public defender

  1980 – 0082

• Private practice

  1979 – 1980 · 1 yr