Julia Smith Gibbons
| Julia Gibbons | |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office July 31, 2002 | |
| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Gilbert Merritt |
| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee | |
| In office 1994–2000 | |
| Preceded by | Odell Horton |
| Succeeded by | James Todd |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee | |
| In office June 7, 1983 – July 31, 2002 | |
| Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Harry Wellford |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Breen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 23, 1950 Pulaski, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Bill Gibbons |
| Alma mater | Vanderbilt University University of Virginia |
Julia Smith Gibbons (born December 23, 1950 in Pulaski, Tennessee) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Background
Julia Gibbons grew up in the rural Tennessee town of Pulaski. Gibbons received a B.A. from Vanderbilt University and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.[1] After graduation, she served as a law clerk to Sixth Circuit Judge William Ernest Miller. She was in private practice from 1976-1979 before joining Governor Lamar Alexander's staff as a legal advisor in 1979. In 1981, she left the Governor's staff to become a state trial judge in Tennessee.
Federal judicial service
District court service
Gibbons was first appointed to the federal bench by President Ronald Reagan on June 7, 1983. She served as a judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee until her appointment by President George W. Bush to the Sixth Circuit. In 2003, she discussed her views on women in the judiciary at a University of Virginia School of Law event.[2]
Sixth Circuit nomination and confirmation
Gibbons was nominated to the Sixth Circuit by Bush on October 9, 2001, to fill a seat vacated by Judge Gilbert Stroud Merritt, Jr., who had assumed Senior status. She was confirmed 95-0 by the United States Senate on July 29, 2002. Gibbons was the first judge nominated to the Sixth Circuit by Bush and confirmed by the Senate.
Personal
Her husband, Bill Gibbons, is the former District Attorney General of Shelby County, Tennessee, the county that contains Memphis, Tennessee. Bill Gibbons was a 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidate for the state of Tennessee.
References
- ↑ http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/lib_hist/Courts/circuit/judges/judges/jsg-bio.html. Retrieved 2011-12-28. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Women Stronger Than Ever in the Judiciary, Panel Says". Retrieved 2011-12-28.
External links
- Julia Smith Gibbons at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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| Preceded by Harry Wellford |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee 1983-2002 |
Succeeded by Daniel Breen |
| Preceded by Odell Horton |
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee 1994–2000 |
Succeeded by James Todd |
| Preceded by Gilbert Merritt |
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit 2002–present |
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