Janice M. Holder

Janice M. Holder (born August 29, 1949) is an American judge who is a Tennessee Supreme Court justice and was Chief Justice of Tennessee from 2008 to 2010. She is the first woman ever to hold the chief justice position, and was succeeded in 2010 by another woman (Cornelia A. Clark).

Education

Holder, a native of McDonald, Pennsylvania, attended Allegheny College from 1967-1968. She received a Bachelor of Science degree summa cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh in 1971. In 1975 she was awarded the Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the law school of Duquesne University; during her final year there she served as Recent Decisions Editor of the law review.

Early legal career

After receiving her law degree, Holder served as a clerk for the Honorable Herbert P. Sorg, then Chief Judge of the federal court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. She engaged in the private practice of law from 1977 to 1990, moving during this time to Memphis, Tennessee. While in Memphis she served as editor of the Memphis Bar Forum, 1987–1991; chair of the Tennessee Bar Association Commission on Women and Minorities, 1994–1996, trustee of the Tennessee Bar Foundation, 1995–1999 and its secretary from 1996–1999, and Master of the Bench of the Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court, 1995–1997, and was the recipient of numerous professional awards. She is also a founding member of the Tennessee Lawyers' Association for Women.

Judicial career

In 1990, Holder was elected to the position of Circuit Court Judge, Division II, Thirtieth Judicial District. This district consists of Shelby County, Tennessee, and Division II deals primarily with civil cases. In 1996 she was one of three nominees for a vacancy on the Tennessee Supreme Court submitted to then-Governor of Tennessee Don Sundquist under the Tennessee Plan; she was the person subsequently selected by him, and her service on the Supreme Court began in December 1996. In August 1998, having been recommended for retention under the process outlined in the Tennessee Plan, she was approved by the voters of the state for a full eight-year term. In August 2006, having again been recommended for another eight-year term, she was again approved by the voters with a majority exceeding 75% and receiving a majority of affirmative votes in each of the state's 95 counties.^[1] On June 26, 2013 Holder announced that she would not seek retention in August 2014 and would retire when her term ended. ^[2]

References

Tennessee Blue Book, 2005-2006 edition, p 286

Chief Justices of Supreme Courts of the United States

Chief Justice of the United States: John Roberts

AL Roy Moore AK Craig Stowers AZ Scott Bales AR James Hannah CA Tani Cantil-Sakauye CO Nancy E. Rice CT Chase T. Rogers DE Leo E. Strine, Jr. FL Jorge Labarga GA Hugh P. Thompson HI Mark E. Recktenwald ID Jim Jones IL Rita B. Garman IN Loretta H. Rush IA Mark Cady KS Lawton Nuss KY John D. Minton, Jr. LA Bernette Joshua Johnson ME Leigh Saufley MD Mary Ellen Barbera MA Ralph Gants MI Robert P. Young, Jr. MN Lorie Skjerven Gildea MS William L. Waller, Jr. MO Mary Rhodes Russell MT Mike McGrath NE Michael Heavican NV Mark Gibbons NH Linda S. Dalianis NJ Stuart Rabner NM Barbara J. Vigil NY Jonathan Lippman NC Mark Martin ND Gerald W. VandeWalle OH Maureen O'Connor OK Tom Colbert¹ OR Thomas A. Balmer PA Thomas G. Saylor RI Paul Suttell SC Jean H. Toal SD David Gilbertson TN Sharon G. Lee TX Nathan Hecht² UT Matthew B. Durrant VT Paul Reiber VA Donald W. Lemons WA Barbara Madsen WV Menis Ketchum WI Patience Roggensack WY E. James Burke DC Eric T. Washington Territories: AS Michael Kruse GU Robert J. Torres, Jr. MP Alexandra Cruz Castro PR Liana Fiol Matta VI Rhys S. Hodge

Italics indicate appointed supreme courts. 1. Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, Presiding Judge David B. Lewis 2. Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Presiding Judge Sharon Keller

Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame

2015	Joy Bishop Lizzie Crozier French Elizabeth Rona Janice M. Holder Rosetta Miller-Perry Margaret Rhea Seddon Zulfat Suara Carol Gardner Transou

2013	Margaret L. Behm Wilsie S. Bishop Inez Crutchfield Shirley C. Raines Becca Stevens Jocelyn Wurzburg

2011	Pat Summitt

2010	Martha Craig Daughtrey Jane Eskind

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