James Dale Todd

Personal

Birthday: 
1943
Birthplace: 
Scotts Hill, TN
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Jackson, Tennessee, 1972-1983
Judge, Tennessee Circuit Court, 1983-1985

Education

Name of School: 
Lambuth College
Degree: 
B.S.
Degree Year: 
1965
Name of School - Second: 
University of Mississippi
Degree - Second: 
M.C.S.
Degree Year - Second: 
1968
Name of School - Third: 

Memphis State University, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law

The faculty at The University of Memphis School of Law have distinguished themselves by their commitment to teaching and to legal research and scholarship. Thirteen members of the faculty have earned graduate law degrees (LL.M) and five faculty members have served as graduate law clerks for federal appellate and trial judges. Several faculty members have been elected to the American Law Institute and others serve as consultants to judicial commissions and active participants in state and national bar associations.

Degree - Third: 
J.D.
Degree Year - Third: 
1972

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee
Court Name: 

Tennessee Western District Court

President Nominating: 
Ronald Reagan
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
7/11/1985
Retirement from Active Service: 
5/20/2008