William Michael (Mickey) Barker (born on September 13, 1941 in Chattanooga, Tennessee) was Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1995-2009.
Barker is married with three children. After graduating from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 1964, he earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1967. After a brief enlistment with the United States Army Medical Corps, he enetered private practice until 1983. That year Governor Lamar Alexander appointed him to the bench, and Barker eventually served on the Tennessee Supreme Court. He was elected chief justice by his peers on October 4, 2005. Chief Justice Barker, along with his fellow justices, was subject to a retention election in August 2006 under the provisions of the "Tennessee Plan" and was overwhelmingly reelected to an eight-year term [1]. Chief Justice Barker retired in 2009 and was succeeded by Associate Justice Janice M. Holder. He now serves as of counsel for the firm of Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel in his hometown of Chattanooga.