William Haynes

William Haynes was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. He first joined the court in 1999 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. He served as chief judge for the court from 2012 to 2014 before electing to take senior status on December 1, 2014. Judge Haynes retired from judicial service on January 16, 2017.^[1]

Education

A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Haynes graduated from the College of St. Thomas with his bachelor's degree in 1970 and from Vanderbilt University School of Law with his J.D. in 1973.^[1]

Professional career

• 1984-2017: United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

• 2014-2017: Senior judge
• 1999-2014: Judge

• 2012-2014: Chief judge

• 1984-1999: Magistrate judge

• 1997-1998: Adjunct professor, Vanderbilt University School of Law
• 1987-1994: Adjunct professor, Vanderbilt University School of Law
• 1986-1990: Adjunct professor, Southeastern Paralegal Institute
• 1984: Private practice, Nashville, Tenn.
• 1973-1984: Office of the Attorney General of Tennessee

• 1978-1984: Deputy attorney general
• 1977-1978: Senior assistant attorney general^[1]

Judicial career

Middle District of Tennessee

Nomination Tracker
Nominee Information
Name: William Joseph Haynes, Jr.
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit
Progress
Confirmed 167 days after nomination.
ANominated: May 27, 1999
AABA Rating: Majority Qualified, Minority Well Qualified
Questionnaire:
AHearing: October 7, 1999
QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more)
AReported: October 14, 1999
AConfirmed: November 10, 1999
AVote: Voice vote

Haynes was nominated by President Bill Clinton on May 27, 1999, to a seat vacated by Thomas Higgins as Higgins elected to take senior status. The American Bar Association rated Haynes Majority Qualified, Minority Well Qualified for the nomination.^[2] Hearings on Haynes' nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on October 7, 1999, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on October 14, 1999. Haynes was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on November 10, 1999, and he received his commission on November 15, 1999. Haynes served as chief judge of the district court from 2012 to 2014. On December 1, 2014, Haynes elected to take senior status. He served as a senior judge until his retirement from judicial service on January 16, 2017.^[1][3] He was succeeded in this position by Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr.

Haynes served as a federal magistrate judge for the Middle District of Tennessee from 1984 to 1999.^[1]

Noteworthy cases

See also

• United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
• United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit

External links

• Judge Haynes' biography from the Federal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

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Active judges	Chief Judge: William L. Campbell Jr.   •  Aleta Trauger  •  Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr.  •  Eli Richardson
Senior judges
Magistrate judges	Barbara Holmes  •  Alistair Newbern  •  Chip Frensley  •
Former Article III judges	Todd Campbell  •  Thomas Wiseman  •  John Nixon  •  Robert Echols  •  Morgan Welles Brown  •  West Hughes Humphreys  •  Connally Findlay Trigg  •  William E. Miller  •  David McKendree Key  •  Charles Dickens Clark  •  Edward Terry Sanford  •  John Gore  •  Xenophon Hicks  •  Leslie Darr  •  Elmer Davies  •  Leland Clure Morton  •  Thomas Higgins (Tennessee)  •  Frank Gray  •  Kevin Hunter Sharp  •
Former Chief judges	Thomas Wiseman  •  John Nixon  •  Robert Echols  •  William E. Miller  •  Elmer Davies  •  Leland Clure Morton  •  Frank Gray  •  Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr.  •

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