Julia Smith Gibbons
(1950- )
 
Date and Place of Birth
  • December 23, 1950, Pulaski, Tennessee
Education
  • Vanderbilt University, B. A., 1972, magna cum laude
    • Phi Beta Kappa
    • Eta Sigma Phi
    • Alpha Lambda Delta
  • University of Virginia, J.D., 1975
    • Order of the Coif
    • University of Virginia Law Review
Private Practice
  • Associate, Farris, Hancock, Gilman, Branan & Lanier, 1976-1979
Judicial Experience
  • Law Clerk, Hon. William E. Miller, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1975-1976
  • Judge, Tennessee Circuit Court, Memphis, TN, 1981-1983
  • Judge, U. S. District Court , Western District of Tennessee, 1983-1994, 2000-2002
  • Chief Judge, U. S. District Court , Western District of Tennessee, 1994-2000
  • Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2002-present
Judicial Committees & Activities
  • Judicial Conference of the United States
    • Judicial Resources Committee, Member, 1990-1999; Chair, 1994-1999
    • Budget Committee, Member, 2003-present; Chair, 2004-present
  • Judicial Officer Resources Working Group, Leader, 1998-1999
  • Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, Member, 2000-2003
  • Sixth Circuit Judicial Council, 1994-2000, 2002-present
Government Service
  • Deputy Counsel and Legal Advisor, Governor Lamar Alexander, State of Tennessee, 1979-1981
Professional Associations
  • Federal Judges Association
  • Memphis Bar Association
  • Association of Women Attorneys
    • President, 1993
  • Fellow, American Bar Foundation
  • Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation
  • Fellow, Memphis & Shelby County Bar Association
  • Master Member, Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court, 1994-1999, 2002-2005
Civic & Other Activities
  • Elder, Idlewild Presbyterian Church
  • Memphis Rotary Club
    • President, 1993-1994
    • Vice President, 1992-1993
    • Treasurer, 1991-1992
    • Paul Harris Fellow
  • Tennessee Women's Forum
  • Central Garden Association
Honors and Awards
  • Outstanding Judge of the Year Award, Memphis Lawyers, 1985
  • She Knows Where She's Going Award, Girls, Inc., 1992
  • Marion Griffin-Frances Loring Award, Association for Women Attorneys, 1992
  • Heroine for Women in the Law Award, Memphis Bar Association, 2000
  • Outstanding Judge of the Year Award, Young Lawyers Section, Memphis Bar Association, 2001