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Julia Smith Gibbons
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Senior status since September 17, 2024.
Confirmed 95 to 0Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush
- Nominated
- October 9, 2001
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- April 25, 2002
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), May 2, 2002
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 95 to 0
- Confirmed
- July 29, 2002
- Commissioned
- July 31, 2002
- Senior status
- Since September 17, 2024
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1950, 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.
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Earlier federal judicial service
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Appointed by Ronald Reagan; commissioned ; confirmed by voice vote. Service ended August 2, 2002: Appointment to Another Judicial Position.
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. William E. Miller, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1975-1976
- Private practice, Memphis, Tennessee, 1976-1979
- Legal advisor, Gov. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee, 1979-1981
- Judge, Tennessee Circuit Court, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Division VI, 1981-1983
- Member, U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, 2000-2003
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