Sitting Judges Who Have Hired from UT
Classes of 1990-2005
(first post-law school job)

U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals

Hon. Susan Black, 11th Circuit (Jacksonville, FL) - Lela Mahoney '96
Hon. Carolyn King, 5th Circuit (Houston, TX) - Elizabeth Price '94
Hon. Gilbert Merritt, 6th Circuit (Nashville) - Nic McCall '91
Hon. Danelle Reece Tacha, 10th Circuit (Lawrence, KS) - Chasity Goodner '02
Hon. Sidney Thomas, 9th Circuit (Billings, MT) - Aaron Murphy '99
Hon. Emory Widener, 4th Circuit (Abingdon, VA) - Richard Gaines '92

U.S. Bankruptcy Courts

Hon. William Brown (Memphis) - Lundy Boyd '98
Hon. George Paine (Nashville) - Andrew Dunn '93
Hon. Kathy Serrett (St. Louis, MO) - Jermaine Watson '03
Hon. Richard Stair (Knoxville) - Brian Easley ‘00 - Kim Mitchell '94

U.S. District Courts

Hon. Joseph Brown (Nashville) - Nancy Wood Stroebel '00 - Jason Watson '98
Hon. Robert Hardy Cleland (Detroit, MI) - Christy Holmes Dral '01
Hon. Curtis Collier (Chattanooga) - Jarom Smartt '05 - John Winemiller '00
Hon. Robert Echols (Nashville) - Sam Jones '02 - Jennifer Hartsell '99 - Lance Baker '92
Hon. Allan Edgar (Chattanooga) - Gabi Cowan '97 - Quint Daulton '95 - Susan Christenberry '90
Hon. Jerome Friedman (Norfolk, VA) - Whitney Jackson Levin '04
Hon. Joe Haynes (Nashville) - Stephanie Johnson '04, Camille Webb '00
Hon. Joseph Hood (Lexington, KY) - Mary Hamm '05 - Allison Bussell '04
Hon. James Jones (Abingdon, VA) - Luke Hunt '04 - Cameron Bell '01
Hon. Hardy Mays (Memphis) - Van Turner '02
Hon. Thomas McCoun (Tampa, FL) - Ann Shuh '97
Hon. Steve McNamee (Phoenix, AZ) - Kathleen Clark '93
Hon. Thomas Moore (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) - Jennifer Coffin '00
Hon. John Nangle (Savannah, GA) - Lori Bibb '00
Hon. Robert Propst (Birmingham, AL) - Brent Cobb '02
Hon. Thomas Russell (Paducah, KY) - Julie Tennyson '03
Hon. James Todd (Jackson) - Jennifer Brundige '00
Hon. Thomas Varlan (Knoxville) - Le Evans '05
Hon. Diane Vescovo (Memphis) - Erica Bell '03 - Traci Colquette '00
Hon. Ann Vitunac (West Palm Beach, FL) - Kerry Knox '03
Hon. Glen Williams (Abingdon, VA) - Travis Graham '98
Hon. Samuel Wilson (Roanoke, VA) - Harrison Schroeder '00
Hon. Thomas Wiseman (Nashville) - Debbie Challener '98 - Stephen Zralek '97

Special Federal Court

Hon. Thomas Aquilino, U.S. Court of International Trade (New York, NY) - Amy Aiken '98
Hon. Kenton Musgrave, U.S. Court of International Trade (New York, NY) - Charles Aiken '98

State Supreme Courts

Hon. Riley Anderson (Knoxville) - Joe Martins '02 - Diona Eberhart '00 - Shannon Lovins '98 - Lisa Rippy '92 - James Cornelius '‘91 - David Wigler '90
Hon. William Barker (Chattanooga) - Todd Shelton '04 - Preston Hawkins '02 - Deborah Gold Smith '00 - Tom Greenholtz '99 - Amanda Thompson '98
Hon. A.A. Birch (Nashville) - Raney Irwin '02 - Brian Dunnigan '00 - April Stafford '00 - Laura Bradley Myers '99 - Evette Young '98 - Linda Szugyi '97 - Venita Martin '95 - Myrlene Marsa '94 - Patricia Crotwell '92 - Charles Carpenter '91 - Lorelei Walwyn '90
Hon. Janice Holder (Memphis) - Rhoberta Giambelluca '02
Hon. Cynthia Kinser (Pennington Gap, VA) - Sally Little '03
Hon. Mark Martin (Raleigh, NC) - Jason Hendren '99
Hon. Edwin L. Pittman (Mississippi) - Carol Ann Estes Bustin '91

Courts of Appeals

Hon. Patricia Cottrell (Nashville) - Christy Hill '01
Hon. Frank Crawford (Memphis) - Kevin Riley '02 - Jana Sinclair '99 - Mark Vane '98 - Palmer Pillans '96 - Mia Gianotti '95 - Richard Rose '95 - Michael Keeney '92 - John Dotson '91
Hon. Sidney Eagles (Raleigh, NC) - Kevin Benedict '95
Hon. Ray Farmer (Jackson) - Tim Mickel '95
Hon. Herschel Franks (Chattanooga) - Ryan Russell '05 - Kathy Aslinger '98 - Mary Templeton '94
Hon. Bobby Gunther (West Palm Beach, FL) - Ashley Jones '03
Hon. Alan Highers (Jackson) - Eddie Baker '05 - Mia Gianotti '95 - Laura Recher '90
Hon. Elaine Houghton (Tacoma, WA) - Heidi Madson '95
Hon. Joseph Huddleston (Bowling Green, KY) - William Coffey '91
Hon. William Inman (Knoxville) - Kathy Burns Stillman '99 - Jenny Rogers '97
Hon. Charles J. Kahn, Jr. (Tallahassee, FL) - Bill Collins '05
Hon. William Koch (Nashville) - Lisa Helton '04 - Shalonda Jones '03 - David Coernen '02 - Hillary Browning '98
Hon. Holly Kirby (Memphis) - Mark Vane '98
Hon. Charles Susano (Knoxville) - Kelli Braud '05 - Andra Armstrong '03 - Matthew Grossman '02 - Suzanne Humphreys Price '01 - Carol Anne Lamons '00 - Joel Hollingsworth '99 - Lori Ritter '99 - Gale Shown '98 - Nic Arning '96 - Matt Gerdeman '95

Courts of Criminal Appeals

Hon. David Hayes (Jackson) - Leigh Haskins-Hayes '97
Hon. Norma McGee Ogle (Knoxville) - Amy Leigh Paul '00
Hon. Jerry Smith (Nashville) - Nicole Lally '01 - Amy Harwell '97 - Chip Wilkins '96
Hon. Joseph Tipton (Knoxville) - Marya Wegenka '05 - Darren Berg '04 - Paula Calhoun '01 - Kyle Eiselstein '00 - Kristi Marsh '98 - Nikki Pierce '96 - Shannon van Tol '95 - Vanessa Bradley '94 - Leesa Fugate '94 - Janet Edwards '92
Hon. Gary Wade (Knoxville) - Michael Wright '05 - Renee Chapman '01 - Tasha Blakney '99 - Amelia Crotwell '97 - Susanne Bales '96 - Jennifer Thompson '96 - Cynthia Richardson '94 - Stephanie Slater '90
Hon. David Welles (Nashville) - Preston Shipp '02 - Amy Murrell '98 - Jenny Sullivan '98 - Yvette Sebelist '96 - Sandy Copous '94
Hon. Curwood Witt (Madisonville) - Tom Kulaga '99
Hon. Thomas Woodall (Dickson) - Cheryl Davis '00 - Paige Abernathy '97 - Lee Ann Bruce '96

State Trial Courts (Chancery, Circuit, Criminal, Superior)

Hon. Don Ashe (Murfreesboro) - Karey Welles '05 - Jennifer Starrett '98 - Dinah Michael '97
Hon. Thomas Brothers (Nashville) - Isaac Conner '03 - Thomas Tansil '95
Hon. Sherrie Brown (Decatur, AL) - Claire Bottoms '00
Hon. Robert Corlew (Murfreesboro) - Emily Heitz '05
Hon. Derham Cole (Spartanburg, SC) - Mark Rettinger '01
Hon. Steve Daniel (Murfreesboro) - Lisa Lewis '98
Hon. Barbara Haynes (Nashville) - Sara Scarlett '00 - Meera Ballal '97 - Margaret Moore '95 - Gary Kellar '92
Hon. Walter Kurtz (Nashville) - Chris Raybeck '03 - Jamie Winkler '00 - Elena Xoinis '95 - Micki Griffin '94
Hon. Richard Levie (Washington, DC) - Michael Carmody '95
Hon. Ellen Hobbs Lyle (Nashville) - Erik Thorngren '98
Hon. Mary Noble (Lexington, KY) - Hal Kirtley '03
Hon. Samuel Payne (Chattanooga) - Judith Turcott '92
Hon. Howell Peoples, Hon. Frank Brown & Hon. Vann Owens (Chattanooga) - Andrea Kuban '05 - Michael Penley '04 - Doug Hamill '03 - Jennifer Flowers '02 - Stacy Archer '01 - Jeffrey Thompson '99 - Tim Millirons '97 - O.E. Schow '96 - Philip Burnett '95 - Del Holley '91
Hon. Marietta Shipley (Nashville) - Kristen Boswell '02 - Sean Martin '99 - Tracey Carter '97
Hon. Carol Solomon (Nashville) - Heather Stewart '04 - Carrie Archie '00
Hon. Randall Wyatt (Nashville) - Brian Ewald '05
Staff Attorney’s Office (Grand Rapids, MI) - Brian Molde '00
Staff Attorney’s Office (Georgetown, DE) - David Weidman '96