William Joseph Haynes Jr. | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee | |
In office December 1, 2014 –January 16, 2017 | |
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee | |
In office 2012–2014 | |
Preceded by | Todd J. Campbell |
Succeeded by | Kevin H. Sharp |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee | |
In office November 15,1999 –December 1,2014 | |
Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Thomas Aquinas Higgins |
Succeeded by | Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr. |
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee | |
In office 1984–1999 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Memphis,Tennessee,U.S. | September 5,1949
Education | College of St. Thomas (BA) Vanderbilt University School of Law (JD) |
William Joseph Haynes Jr. (born September 5,1949) [1] is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
Born in Memphis,Tennessee,Haynes received a Bachelor of Arts degree from College of St. Thomas in 1970 and a Juris Doctor from Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1973.
Haynes worked in the Tennessee Attorney General's Office from 1973 to 1984,as an assistant state attorney general from 1973 to 1977,then as a senior state assistant general from 1977 to 1978,and finally as a deputy state attorney general from 1978 to 1984. He was in private practice in Nashville,Tennessee in 1984. He was an adjunct professor,Southeastern Paralegal Institute from 1986 to 1990. He was an adjunct professor,Vanderbilt University School of Law from 1987 to 1994 and from 1997 to 1998.
From 1984 until 1999,Haynes served as a United States magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. On May 27,1999,President Bill Clinton nominated Haynes to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee,to a seat vacated by Thomas A. Higgins. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 10,1999,and received his commission on November 15,1999. He served as Chief Judge from 2012 to 2014. He assumed senior status on December 1,2014. He retired from active service on January 16,2017.
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