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Julia Smith Gibbons (Julia Smith) was born on 23 December, 1950 in Pulaski, Tennessee, U.S., is an American judge (born 1950). Discover Julia Smith Gibbons's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?

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Age 73 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 23 December 1950
Birthday 23 December
Birthplace Pulaski, Tennessee, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1950

Julia Smith Gibbons (born December 23, 1950) is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Gibbons was born and grew up in Pulaski, Tennessee.

1968

She attended public schools and was the valedictorian at Giles County High School, class of 1968.

1972

She received a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Vanderbilt University in 1972 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

1973

Gibbons has been married since 1973 to Bill Gibbons, a former Shelby County district attorney.

Shelby County contains Memphis.

1975

She received a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1975, where she was elected to Order of the Coif and was an editor of the Virginia Law Review.

After graduation, from 1975 to 1976, she served as a law clerk to the late Honorable William Ernest Miller, Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

She was admitted to the Tennessee bar in 1975.

1976

She was in private practice from 1976 to 1979 with the Memphis firm of Farris, Hancock, Gilman, Branan & Lanier.

1979

In 1979, she joined Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander's staff as a legal advisor.

1981

In 1981, Governor Lamar Alexander appointed Gibbons to serve as a judge of the Tennessee Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, which has jurisdiction over Macon, Jackson, Smith, Trousdale, and Wilson Counties.

1982

She was elected to a full term in 1982.

She is the first woman trial judge of a court of record in Tennessee.

1983

Gibbons was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on April 12, 1983, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee vacated by Judge Harry W. Wellford.

She was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 6, 1983, and received commission on June 7, 1983.

1985

In 1985 and 2001, she was selected by Memphis attorneys to receive Outstanding Judge of the Year Award.

1992

In 1992, she was selected by the Association for Women Attorneys to receive the Marion Griffin-Frances Loring Award.

In 1992, she was selected by Girls, Inc. to receive the "She Knows Where She's Going" award.

1994

She served as Chief Judge from 1994 to 2000.

From 1994 to 1999, Gibbons was chair of the Judicial Resources Committee of the Judicial Conference.

Gibbons wrote a concurring opinion in a 2–1 decision upholding Biden administration COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal employees and contractors.

In her concurrence, Gibbons highlighted the limited role of the federal judiciary in COVID policy.

2000

In 2000, she was selected by the Memphis Bar Association to receive the Heroine for Women in the Law Award.

From 2000 to 2003, Gibbons was a member of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.

2001

Gibbons was nominated by President George W. Bush on October 9, 2001, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit vacated by Judge Gilbert S. Merritt Jr. She was confirmed by the Senate on July 29, 2002, by a 95–0 vote.

2002

Her service terminated on August 2, 2002, due to elevation to the court of appeals.

She received her commission on July 31, 2002.

On August 18, 2023, she announced her intention to assume senior status upon confirmation of a successor.

In 2021, Gibbons received the Devitt Award, the highest honor awarded to an Article III judge, for distinguished career and significant contributions to the administration of justice, the advancement of the rule of law, and the improvement of society as a whole.

2003

In 2003, she discussed her views on women in the judiciary at a University of Virginia School of Law event.

2005

Gibbons was appointed by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist to chair the Budget Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States in January 2005.

2010

Bill Gibbons was a 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidate for the state of Tennessee.

They have two adult children.

2015

In 2015, she received the King's Award from Carnival Memphis.

2017

In 2017, she received the Pillars of Excellence Award from the University of Memphis Law Alumni Association.

2018

She served in that position until January 2018 and testified before Congress on behalf of the judiciary 16 times.