Judge Thomas L. Parker

Commission Date: February 2, 2018

Division: Memphis

Judge Initials: TLP

Chambers Phone: (901) - 495 - 1495

Chambers Email: ECF_Judge_Parker@tnwd.uscourts.gov

Judicial Assistant

Courtroom Deputy

Law Clerks

Mary Gruber

Justin Kissell

901-495-1533

Justin_Kissell@tnwd.uscourts.gov

Phillip Ruston

Nicholas Summers

Judge Tabs

Biography

Education: University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1985, Bachelor of Science. Vanderbilt University School of Law, Nashville, TN, 1989, J.D.

Career Record: 1989 – 1995, Associate Attorney, Waring Cox PLC, Memphis, TN; 1995 – 2004, Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Tennessee; 2004 – 2018, Shareholder, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Memphis, TN.

Professional Activities & Memberships: Fellow – American College of Trial Lawyers; Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2011 - 2018; Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers (2016, 2017); Named a Tennessee Supreme Court Attorney for Justice (2015 - 2017); Memphis Bar Association, President (2015), Vice President (2014), Secretary/Treasurer (2013), Secretary 2012), Board of Directors (2000 – 2003, 2009 – 2010, 2011– present); Standing Committee for Local Rules – United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (2012 – 2016); Selection Committee United States Magistrate Judge – United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (2008); Fellow – American, Tennessee and Memphis Bar Foundations; Emeritus Member – Leo Bearman, Sr. Chapter of American Inns of Court (Master, 2005 – 2010, Emeritus 2011 – present, President 2022 –2023); Memphis Bar Association, Young Lawyer’s Division, Board of directors (1993 – 1998) and President (1997); Recipient – Sam A. Myar, Jr. Memorial Award (1999). Member of Calvary Episcopal Church, former member of Vestry and Senior Warden.

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