William Koch Jr
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William C. Koch, Jr. is an Associate Justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court. In 2008, he ran in a retention election, and was re-elected to his seat on the court.[1] Justice Koch is a Republican.
Education
Justice Koch attained his B.A. from Trinity College (Hartford, Connecticut) in 1969, his J.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Law, in 1972; and his LL.M in Judicial Process from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1996.
Legal career
He was Assistant Attorney General, State of Tennessee, from 1972-1976; Senior Assistant Attorney General, State of Tennessee, 1976-1977; Deputy Attorney General, State of Tennessee, 1977-1978; Commissioner of Personnel, State of Tennessee; 1979-1981; Counsel to Governor Lamar Alexander, 1981-1984; Instructor in Constitutional Law, Nashville School of Law, 1997-Present; Adjunct Instructor, and Vanderbilt University School of Law, 1988-1995.
He was appointed by Governor Lamar Alexander to the Tennessee Court of Appeals in 1984; elected in 1984, 1988, 1990, 1998, and 2006; served as presiding judge of the Middle Section of the Tennessee Court of Appeals, 2004-2007; and was appointed by Governor Phil Bredesen to the Supreme Court of Tennessee in June of 2007.
