Robert Lynn Echols (born January 13, 1941) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
Robert L. Echols
Tennessee Middle District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
Born 1941 in Memphis, TN
Died 2025
FJC ID: 681
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 1/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 3/year
Tennessee Middle District Court · 1992–2010
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
U.S. Army1966–2001- Tennessee Army National Guard1969–2001
- Private practice, Nashville, Tennessee1969–1992
- Davidson County, TennesseeNight commissioner · 1974–1975
- District of Columbia National Guard1967–1969
- JAG CorpsSouthern Maryland U.S. Army Reserve Center · 1969
- U.S. Rep. Dan Kuykendall of TennesseeLegislative assistant · 1967–1969
- Arkansas Army National Guard1966–1967
Law clerk , Hon. Marion S. Boyd · 1965–1966
Appointments
1992–2010 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)Term ended: Retirement
Education
J.D. · 1964- Southwestern at Memphis (now Rhodes College)B.A. · 1962