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Thomas Russell

Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Tenure

2011 - Present

Years in position

14

Predecessor:Thomas Russell (Nonpartisan)

Prior offices:

United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Years in office: 2015 - 2022

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United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Years in office: 1994 - 2011

Predecessor:Edward Johnstone (Nonpartisan)

Successor:Greg N. Stivers (Nonpartisan)

Education

Bachelor's

Western Kentucky University, 1967

Law

University of Kentucky College of Law, 1970

Personal

Birthplace

Louisville, KY

Contact

Official website

Thomas B. Russell is judge serving onsenior status for theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. He joined the court in 1994 after being nominated by PresidentBill Clinton (D). He served aschief judge of the court from 2008 until he assumed senior status on November 15, 2011.^[1]

Russell was a judge on theUnited States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. He was appointed by Chief JusticeJohn Roberts on May 19, 2015. Russell's term expired on May 18, 2022.^[2]

Biography

Education

Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Russell graduated from Western Kentucky University with his bachelor's degree in 1967 and from the University of Louisville Law School with hisJ.D. degree in 1970.^[1]

Professional career

Russell was a private practice attorney in Paducah, Kentucky from 1970 to 1994.^[1]

Judicial career

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (2015-2022)

In March 2015,Chief JusticeJohn Roberts appointed Russell to join theUnited States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Russel joined the court on May 19, 2015, for a seven-year term. He replacedMary McLaughlin.^[3]

Western District of Kentucky (1994-2011)

On the recommendation of Senator Wendell Ford, Russell was nominated to theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky by President Bill Clinton on September 14, 1994, to a seat vacated byEdward Johnstone. Russell was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 7, 1994, on a voice vote and received commission onOctober 11, 1994. He served as chief judge of the court from 2008 until he assumed senior status on November 15, 2011.^[4]

See also

• United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
• United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

External links

Suggest a link

• Biography from theFederal Judicial Center
• United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
Active judges	Chief Judge: Timothy DeGiusti  •  George Singal  •  Sara Lioi  •  Joan Ericksen  •  Kenneth Karas  •  Robert Kugler  •  Anthony Trenga  •  Louis Guirola  •  Karin J. Immergut  •  Amit Priyavadan Mehta
Former judges	James Zagel  •  Jennifer Coffman  •  Thomas Russell  •  Dennis Saylor  •  Raymond Dearie  •  Robert Kugler  •  Mary McLaughlin  •  Claire Eagan  •  Anne Conway  •  Clyde Roger Vinson  •  William Stafford  •  Liam O'Grady  •  James Jones (Federal judge)  •  Malcolm Howard  •  Martin Feldman  •  Michael Mosman  •  Thomas Hogan  •  Rosemary Collyer  •  Reggie Walton  •  John Bates  •  Susan Webber Wright  •  James E. Boasberg  •  Rudolph Contreras  •  John Tharp, Jr.  •
Former chief judges

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Active judges	Chief Judge: David J. HaleChief Judge: Greg N. Stivers  •  Claria Horn Boom  •  Rebecca Grady Jennings  •  Benjamin Beaton
Senior judges	Charles Simpson  •  Thomas Russell  •  Joseph McKinley  •
Magistrate judges	H. Brent Brennenstuhl  •  Lanny King  •  Colin Lindsay  •  Regina Edwards  •
Former Article III judges	John Heyburn  •  Edward Johnstone  •  Walter Evans  •  Charles Dawson  •  Charles Harwood Moorman  •  Elwood Hamilton  •  Mac Swinford  •  Shackelford Miller  •  Eugene Siler  •  Charles Allen (Kentucky)  •  Thomas Ballantine  •  Clifton Bratcher  •  Henry Brooks  •  James Gordon (Kentucky)  •  Ronald Meredith  •  Roy Shelbourne  •  Justin Walker (U.S. Court of Appeals)  •
Former Chief judges	John Heyburn  •  Charles Simpson  •  Thomas Russell  •  Edward Johnstone  •  Charles Allen (Kentucky)  •  Thomas Ballantine  •  Clifton Bratcher  •  Henry Brooks  •  James Gordon (Kentucky)  •  Ronald Meredith  •  Roy Shelbourne  •

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