Thomas W. Phillips (judge)
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Thomas W. Phillips | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee | |
| Assumed office August 1, 2013 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee | |
| In office November 15, 2002 – August 1, 2013 | |
| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | James Howard Jarvis II |
| Succeeded by | Pamela L. Reeves |
| Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee | |
| In office 1991–2002 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 6, 1943 Oneida, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Education | Berea College (BA) Vanderbilt University Law School (JD) George Washington University Law School (LLM) |
Thomas Wade Phillips (born July 6, 1943)[1] is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
Born in Oneida, Tennessee, Phillips received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Berea College in 1965, a Juris Doctor from Vanderbilt University Law School in 1969, and a Master of Laws from George Washington University Law School in 1973. He was in the United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps from 1969 to 1973 and became a captain. He was in private practice in Oneida and Knoxville, Tennessee, from 1973 to 1991. He was a County attorney (part-time), Scott County, Tennessee, from 1976 to 1991. He was then a United States magistrate judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee from 1991 to 2002.