| John Thomas Fowlkes, Jr. | |
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| Judge of the Shelby County Criminal Court | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2007 |
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| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | Valparaiso University B.A. University of Denver School of Law J.D. |
| Profession | Judge |
John Thomas Fowlkes, Jr. is a state judge in Tennessee and is currently a nominee for District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.
Judge Fowlkes received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1975 from Valparaiso University. He received his Juris Doctorate in 1977 from the University of Denver School of Law. He began his career as an Assistant Public Defender in the Shelby County Public Defender's Office in Memphis, Tennessee. He served as an Assistant District Attorney General in the Shelby County District Attorney General's Office from 1979 to 1989. He then served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Western District of Tennessee from 1989 to 2002. He was Chief Administrative Officer of the Shelby County Government from 2002 to 2007. Since 2007, he has been a judge of the Shelby County Criminal Court.[1]
On December 16, 2011, President Obama nominated Judge Fowlkes to be a District Judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.[2] He would replace Judge Bernice Bouie Donald who was elevated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on September 8, 2011.