Janice Holder
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| Janice M. Holder | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| Tennessee Supreme Court | |
| Title: | Chief Justice |
| Service: | |
| Active: | 1996-2014 |
| Past position: | Thirtieth Judicial District, Tennessee |
| Past term: | 1990-1996 |
| Past position: | Judge |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | August 29, 1949 |
| Bachelors: | University of Pittsburgh, 1971 |
| Law School: | Duquesne University School of Law, 1975 |
Janice M. Holder is the Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court, a position to which she was elevated on September 2, 2008. Holder originally joined the court in December 1996. Justice Holder is the first woman in the history of the Tennessee Supreme Court to serve as its chief justice. She has been re-elected to the court in 1998 and 2006 and her current term ends in 2014.[1]
Education
Holder received her B.S. degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1971 and her J.D. from Duquesne University School of Law in 1975.[2]
Career
Upon graduating from law school, Justice Holder clerked for Judge Herbert Sorg, then Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. From 1977 to 1990, Justice Holder was in private practice, and moved to Memphis. In 1990, she was elected to the 30th Judicial District Circuit Court. In 1996, Holder was nominated to the Tennessee Supreme Court, and began her term there in December 1996.[3]
Awards and Associations
- 1992 Charles O. Rond Outstanding Jurist Award
- 1992 Divorce and Family Law Section Judge of the Year Award
- 1990 Sam A. Myar Award, Memphis Bar Association
- 1995-99 Trustee, Tennessee Bar Foundation
- 1996-99 Secretary, Tennessee Bar Foundation
- 1995-97 Master of the Bench, Leo Bearman Sr. American Inn of Court
- 1994-96 Chair, Tennessee Bar Association Commission on Women and Minorities
- Founding member, Tennessee Lawyers' Association for Women [3]
See also
External links
- Tennessee Supreme Court, Justice Biographies
- Project Vote Smart, Chief Justice Janice M. Holder (TN)
- NewsChannel5.com, "Supreme Court Announces Justice For All Tennessee", June 22, 2010
- Knoxville News, "It's a woman's world on the Tennessee Supreme Court", April 19, 2009
- The Commercial Appeal, "Tennessee's first female chief justice committed to law and 'moment'", September 2, 2008
- Nashville Post, "High court upholds $18.4M damage award in DaimlerChrysler case", July 24, 2008
References
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| Current |
Cornelia Clark • Janice Holder • William Koch • Gary R. Wade • Sharon Lee • | ||
| Former | William Barker • Martha Daughtrey • Horace Harmon Lurton • | ||
