William Koch Jr
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William C. Koch is an Associate Justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court. In 2008, he must run in a retention election to keep his seat on the court.
Legal Education and Experience
Justice Koch attained his B.A. from Trinity College (Hartford, Connecticut) in 1969, his J.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Law, in 1972; and his LL.M in Judicial Process from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1996.
He was Assistant Attorney General, State of Tennessee, from 1972-1976; Senior Assistant Attorney General, State of Tennessee, 1976-1977; Deputy Attorney General, State of Tennessee, 1977-1978; Commissioner of Personnel, State of Tennessee; 1979-1981; Counsel to Governor Lamar Alexander, 1981-1984; Instructor in Constitutional Law, Nashville School of Law, 1997-Present; Adjunct Instructor, and Vanderbilt University School of Law, 1988-1995.
He was appointed by Governor Lamar Alexander to the Tennessee Court of Appeals in 1984; elected in 1984, 1988, 1990, 1998, and 2006; served as presiding judge of the Middle Section of the Tennessee Court of Appeals, 2004-2007; and was appointed by Governor Phil Bredesen to the Supreme Court of Tennessee in June of 2007.
