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Brian Charles Lea
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Active service.
Confirmed 50 to 46Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- January 5, 2026
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), January 15, 2026
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 50 to 46
- Confirmed
- February 5, 2026
- Commissioned
- March 2, 2026
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1983, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
All judges of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. Edward Carnes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2009-2010
- Private practice, Atlanta, Georgia, 2010-2011, 2012-2014, 2017-2025
- Law clerk, Hon. Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court of the United States, 2011-2012
- Visiting assistant professor, University of Georgia School of Law, 2015-2017
- Deputy associate attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 2025-2026
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