Travis Randall McDonough

Travis McDonough
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Incumbent
Assumed office December 10, 2015
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Curtis Collier
Personal details
Born	1972 (age 43–44) Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
Alma mater	University of the South Vanderbilt University

Travis Randall McDonough (born 1972) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee and former Chief of Staff and Counselor to the Mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Biography

McDonough received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1994 from Sewanee, The University of the South, where he was named a Harry S Truman scholar. He received a Juris Doctor in 1997 from Vanderbilt University Law School. He served as an associate at the Chattanooga, Tennessee law firm of Miller & Martin, from 1997 to 2004, and as a partner at that firm from 2005 to 2013, additionally serving as head of the firm's litigation department from 2012 to 2013. During his service at that firm, he litigated a wide variety of civil and criminal matters in Federal and State courts. From 2013 to 2015, he served as Chief of Staff and Counselor to the Mayor of Chattanooga.^[1]

Federal judicial service

On November 20, 2014, President Obama nominated McDonough to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, to the seat vacated by Judge Curtis Lynn Collier, who took senior status on October 31, 2014.^[2]

On December 16, 2014 his nomination was returned to the President due to the sine die adjournment of the 113th Congress. On January 7, 2015, President Obama renominated him to the same position.^[3] He received a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 10, 2015.^[4] On July 9, 2015 his nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote.^[5]

On December 7, 2015 the United States Senate confirmed his nomination by a vote of 89-0.^[6] He received his judicial commission on December 10, 2015.

References

1. "President Obama Nominates Three to Serve on the United States District Courts" White House, November 20, 2014
2. "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate" White House, November 20, 2014
3. Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate" White House, January 7, 2015
4. "Nominations" United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, June 10, 2015
5. Results of Executive Business Meeting – July 9, 2015
6. Senate Roll Call Vote

External links

• Travis Randall McDonough at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.