Janice Holder

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Education

Holder, a native of McDonald, Pennsylvania, attended Allegheny College from 1967-1968. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1971. In 1975 she graduated from Duquesne University School of Law.

Early legal career

Holder clerked for the Honorable Herbert P. Sorg, then Chief Judge of the federal court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. She engaged in the private practice of law from 1977 to 1990, moving during this time to Memphis, Tennessee. While in Memphis, she was editor of the Memphis Bar Forum, 1987-1991; chair of the Tennessee Bar Association Commission on Women and Minorities, 1994-1996. She is also a founding member of the Tennessee Lawyers' Association for Women.

Judicial career

In 1990, Holder was elected to Circuit Court Judge, Division II, Thirtieth Judicial District. This district consists of Shelby County, Tennessee, and Division II deals primarily with civil cases. In 1996 she was one of three nominees for a vacancy on the Tennessee Supreme Court submitted to then-Governor of Tennessee Don Sundquist under the Tennessee Plan; she was the person susequently selected by him and her service on the Supreme Court began in December 1996. In August 1998, having been recommended for retention under the process outlined in the Tennessee Plan, she was approved by the voters of the state for a full eight-year term. In August 2006, having again been recommended for another eight-year term, she was again approved by the voters. [1].

See Also

• Tennessee Supreme Court
• Tennessee Supreme Court Justices: Gary R. Wade, Cornelia A. Clark, William M. Barker, Janice M. Holder, and William Koch, Jr.

References

This article was taken from Wikipedia on 12/13/2007