Curtis Lynn Collier | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee | |
Assumed office October 31, 2014 | |
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee | |
In office 2005–2012 | |
Preceded by | Robert Allan Edgar |
Succeeded by | Thomas A. Varlan |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee | |
In office May 10,1995 –October 31,2014 | |
Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Seat established by 104 Stat. 5089 |
Succeeded by | Travis R. McDonough |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Marianna,Arkansas,U.S. | October 4,1949
Spouse | Cheryl Collier |
Education | Tennessee State University (BS) Duke University (JD) |
Profession | Federal judge |
Curtis Lynn Collier (born October 4,1949) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
Born in Marianna,Arkansas,Collier received a Bachelor of Science degree from Tennessee State University in 1971 and a Juris Doctor from Duke University School of Law in 1974. He was in the United States Air Force from 1974 to 1979. While in the Air Force,he was an Assistant Staff Judge Advocate in the Judge Advocate General's Corps with the rank of Captain. He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the Eastern District of Louisiana from 1979 to 1987 and held the same office in the Eastern District of Tennessee from 1987 to 1995.
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