Jon Phipps McCalla (born February 16, 1947) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.
Jon Phipps McCalla
Tennessee Western District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
Born 1947 in Memphis, TN
FJC ID: 1521
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 9/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 17/year
Tennessee Western District Court · 1992–2013
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Memphis, Tennessee1975–1992
Law clerk , Hon. Bailey Brown · 1974–1975
U.S. Army lieutenant1969–1971
Appointments
- 1992–2013 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)
Education
J.D. · 1974- University of TennesseeB.S. · 1969