Thomas Alexander Varlan (born July 1, 1956) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
Thomas A. Varlan
Tennessee Eastern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Born 1956 in Oak Ridge, TN
FJC ID: 2984
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 9/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 13/year
Tennessee Eastern District Court · 2003–
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
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 2010–2013
- Private practice, Knoxville, Tennessee1998–2003
- Knoxville, TennesseeCity law director · 1988–1998
- Private practice, Atlanta, Georgia1981–1987
Appointments
2003–present · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Education
J.D. · 1981- University of TennesseeB.A. · 1978