Ronnie Greer
| Ronnie Greer | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #2 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George W. Bush |
| Active: | 6/12/2003 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Thomas Hull |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1952 |
| Home State: | Mountain City, TN |
| Bachelors: | East Tennessee State U., B.S., 1974 |
| Law School: | U. of Tennessee College of Law, J.D., 1980 |
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Ronnie J. Greer is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. He joined the court in 2003 after being nominated by President George W. Bush.
Education
A Tennessee native, Greer graduated from East Tennessee State University with his Bachelor's Degree in 1974 and later graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law with his juris doctor degree in 1980. [1]
Professional career
Greer started out as a Special Assistant to former Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander from 1980 to 1981. In 1981, he became a private practice attorney in Tennessee. In 1982, Greer was campaign manager for U.S. Senate Candidate Robert Beard who lost to Democrat Jim Sasser in the 1982 Election. After his campaign work, Geeer became a County attorney for Greene County from 1985 to 1986 before being elected a State senator in the Tennessee General Assembly from 1986 to 1994. [1]
Judicial career
Eastern District of Tennessee
On the recommendation of Senators Bill Frist and Lamar Alexander, Greer was nominated by George W. Bush on April 9, 2003 to a seat vacated by Thomas Hull as Hull went on senior status. Greer was confirmed by the Senate on June 11, 2003 and received commission on June 12, 2003. [1]
See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ronnie Greer's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Thomas Hull |
Eastern District of Tennessee 2003–Current Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Thomas Varlan • Curtis Collier • Harry Mattice • Ronnie Greer • Thomas W. Phillips | ||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | Susan K. Lee • William Carter • Dennis Inman • Bruce Guyton • Clifford Shirley • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
John McNairy • Morgan Welles Brown • Herbert Milburn • West Hughes Humphreys • Connally Findlay Trigg • David McKendree Key • Charles Dickens Clark • Edward Terry Sanford • Xenophon Hicks • George Caldwell Taylor • Leslie Darr • Frank Wiley Wilson • Thomas Hull • James Jarvis • Charles Neese • Robert Taylor • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
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