William L. Campbell Jr.

William Lynn "Chip" Campbell Jr. (born January 4, 1969) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.

Chip Campbell
Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
Assumed office
January 12, 2018
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded byKevin H. Sharp
Personal details
Born
William Lynn Campbell Jr.

(1969-01-04) January 4, 1969[1]
Nashville, Tennessee
EducationUnited States Naval Academy (BS)
University of Alabama School of Law (JD)
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Marine Corps
Years of service1991–1998[2]
Rank Captain
Awards

Education and military service

He received his Bachelor of Science in political science from the United States Naval Academy and served seven years in the United States Marine Corps, principally as a Naval Flight Officer. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Alabama School of Law, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Alabama Law Review and was an inductee of the Order of the Coif.[3]

He previously worked as an associate and later a partner in the Nashville firm of Riley Warnock & Jacobson, PLC, and as an associate in the Birmingham, Alabama, office of Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C. Before becoming a judge, he was a member in the Nashville office of Frost Brown Todd, LLC, where he handled a wide range of civil litigation matters.[3]

Federal judicial service

On July 13, 2017, President Trump nominated Campbell to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, to the seat vacated by Judge Kevin H. Sharp, who resigned on April 15, 2017. Campbell's nomination was taken up by the United States Senate Judiciary Committee.[4] On September 6, 2017, the Judiciary Committee held a hearing on his nomination.[5] On October 5, 2017, his nomination was favorably reported to the full Senate.[6] On January 9, 2018, his nomination was confirmed by a vote of 97–0.[7] He received his judicial commission on January 12, 2018.

On July 24, 2020, Campbell blocked part of Tennessee's abortion law that would ban abortions after the detection of a fetal heartbeat.[8]

References
  1. Hubbell, Martindale (December 2009). Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory 2010: Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia. Martindale-Hubbell. p. TN300B. ISBN 9781934528198.
  2. Hubbell, p. TN300B
  3. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Fifth Wave of Judicial Candidates". The White House.
  4. "" Ten Nominations Sent to the Senate Today" White House, July 13, 2017".
  5. "Nominations | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". www.judiciary.senate.gov.
  6. "Daily Digest/Senate Committee Meetings, Committee on the Judiciary". Congressional Record, 115th Congress, 1st Session. 163 (160): D1059–D1060. October 5, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  7. "On the Nomination (Confirmation William L. Campbell, Jr., of Tennessee, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee)". United States Senate. January 9, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  8. Timms, Mariah. "Federal judge blocks rollout of Tennessee's strict new abortion restrictions as court weighs law's fate". The Tennessean.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Kevin H. Sharp		 Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
2018–present		 Incumbent


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