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Julia Smith Gibbons

Julia Smith Gibbons

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Born 1950 in Pulaski, TN

FJC ID: 845

Julia Smith Gibbons (born in 1950) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

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Gender
Female
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
    U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
    Member · 2000–2003
  2. Tennessee Circuit Court, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Division VI
    Judge · 1981–1983
  3. Gov. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee
    Legal advisor · 1979–1981
  4. Private practice, Memphis, Tennessee
    1976–1979
  5. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
    Law clerk , Hon. William E. Miller · 1975–1976

Appointments

  1. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
    2002–2024 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
  2. Tennessee Western District Court
    U.S. District Court for the Western District of TennesseeChief Judge
    1983–2002 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
    Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Education

  1. University of Virginia School of Law
    University of Virginia School of Law
    J.D. · 1975
  2. Vanderbilt University
    B.A. · 1972