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John Thomas Fowlkes, Jr.
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Senior status since September 1, 2022.
Confirmed 94 to 2Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- December 16, 2011
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- March 14, 2012
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), April 19, 2012
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 94 to 2
- Confirmed
- July 10, 2012
- Commissioned
- August 1, 2012
- Senior status
- Since September 1, 2022
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1951, 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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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Memphis [Tennessee] Area Legal Services, 1978
- Assistant public defender, Shelby County, Tennessee, 1978-1979
- Assistant district attorney general, Shelby County, Tennessee, 1979-1989
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Tennessee, 1989-2002; first assistant U.S. attorney, 1993-1997, 2001-2002
- Chief administrative officer, Shelby County, Tennessee, 2002-2007
- Judge, Tennessee Criminal Court, Thirtieth Judicial District, 2007-2012
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