Thomas B. Russell

Thomas Russell

Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Incumbent
Assumed office November 15, 2011
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
In office 2008–2011
Preceded by	John Gilpin Heyburn II
Succeeded by	Joseph H. McKinley Jr.
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
In office October 11, 1994 – November 15, 2011
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Edward Huggins Johnstone
Succeeded by	Gregory N. Stivers
Personal details
Born	1945 (age 69–70) Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Alma mater	Western Kentucky University University of Kentucky College of Law

Thomas Banister Russell (born 1945) is a Senior United States District Judge.

Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Russell received a B.A. from Western Kentucky University in 1967 and a J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1970. He was in private practice in Paducah, Kentucky from 1970 to 1994.

On September 14, 1994, Russell was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky vacated by Edward H. Johnstone. Russell was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 7, 1994, and received his commission on October 11, 1994. He served as Chief Judge from 2008 to 2011. He took senior status on November 15, 2011.

Sources

Thomas B. Russell at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by John Gilpin Heyburn II	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky 2008–2011	Succeeded by Joseph H. McKinley Jr.
Preceded by Edward Huggins Johnstone	Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky 1994–2011	Succeeded by Gregory N. Stivers

Current senior district judges of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

E. Kentucky	Bertelsman Wilhoit Hood

W. Kentucky	Simpson Russell

E. Michigan	Joiner Harvey Churchill Cook Cohn Newblatt Taylor Friedman Cleland Edmunds O'Meara Steeh Tarnow Battani

W. Michigan	Quist

N. Ohio	Dowd Carr Katz Economus

S. Ohio	Rice Weber Graham Smith Beckwith

E. Tennessee	Edgar Jordan Phillips Collier

M. Tennessee	Wiseman Nixon Higgins Haynes

W. Tennessee	Todd McCalla Mays

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