Julia Smith Gibbons

Judge Julia Smith Gibbons

Personal

Birthday:

1950

Birthplace:

Pulaski, TN

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Female

Prior Employment:

Law clerk, Hon. William E. Miller, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1975-1976
Private practice, Memphis, Tennessee, 1976-1979
Legal advisor, Gov. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee, 1979-1981
Judge, Tennessee Circuit Court, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Division VI, 1981-1983

Education

Name of School:

Vanderbilt University

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1972

Name of School - Second:

University of Virginia School of Law

Virginia is justly famous for its collegial environment that bonds students and faculty, and student satisfaction is consistently cited as among the highest in American law schools. Intellectual challenges are met in a spirit of cooperation. Small first-year sections promote individual inquiry while providing support and friendship. Students learn together, reading each other's work and freely sharing course outlines and other materials, confidently relying on the nation's oldest student-run Honor System to maintain the highest ethical standards.

Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1975

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee

Court Name:

Tennessee Western District Court

President Nominating:

Ronald Reagan

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

6/7/1983

Termination Date:

8/2/2002

Termination Reason:

Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Court Name - Second:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Court Name - Second:

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Second:

7/31/2002