Tommy Parker (judge)

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Thomas Lee Robinson "Tommy" Parker (born 1963) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee .

Contents

• 1 Education and career

  • 1.1 Federal judicial service

  • 1.2 Notable ruling

• 2 References

• 3 External links

Education and career

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Parker received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1985 from the University of South Carolina . He received a Juris Doctor in 1989 from Vanderbilt University School of Law . Parker began his legal career as an associate at Waring Cox Lawyers in Memphis, Tennessee . He then served as an assistant United States attorney in the Western District of Tennessee for nine years. Before becoming a federal judge, he was a shareholder in the Memphis office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz , P.C., where he represented clients in civil litigation and criminal matters. Additionally, he previously served as president of the Memphis Bar Association and is a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers .

Federal judicial service

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On July 13, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Parker to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee , to the seat vacated by Judge Samuel H. Mays Jr. , who assumed senior status on July 1, 2015.

A hearing on his nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee was held on September 6, 2017. On October 5, 2017, his nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote . On January 9, 2018, the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 96–1 vote. On January 10, 2018, his nomination was confirmed by a 98–0 vote.

He received his commission on January 30, 2018. He was sworn into office on February 2, 2018.

Notable ruling

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On June 2, 2023, Parker ruled Tennessee's drag ban unconstitutional.

References

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1. ↑ "Thomas Lee Parker Lawyer Profile on Martindale.com" . www.martindale.com.

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   "President Donald J. Trump Announces Fifth Wave of Judicial Candidates" . _whitehouse.gov _. July 13, 2017 – via National Archives .

3. ↑ "Ten Nominations Sent to the Senate Today" . July 13, 2017. Archived from the original on July 14, 2017.

4. ↑ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for September 6, 2017

5. ↑ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – October 5, 2017" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved April 25, 2023.

6. ↑ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Thomas Lee Robinson Parker to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee)" . _United States Senate _. January 9, 2018. Retrieved November 19, 2022.

7. ↑ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Thomas Lee Robinson Parker, of Tennessee, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee)" . _United States Senate _. January 10, 2018. Retrieved January 10, 2018.

8. ↑ Collins, Michael (January 10, 2018). "Senate confirms Thomas Parker as federal judge for Tennessee's Western District" . Commercial Appeal. USA Today. Retrieved March 8, 2018.

9. ↑ Tommy Parker at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .

10. ↑ Gardner, Timothy (June 5, 2023). ["Federal judge rejects Tennessee drag show ban as unconstitutional"](https://www.reuters.com/legal/federal-judge-rejects-tennessee-drag-show

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