Thomas A. Varlan

Thomas A. Varlan
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Incumbent
Assumed office October 8, 2012
Preceded by	Curtis Lynn Collier
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Incumbent
Assumed office March 14, 2003
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Robert Leon Jordan
Personal details
Born	1956 (age 67–68) Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Tennessee Vanderbilt University Law School

Thomas Alexander Varlan (born 1956) is the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

Born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Varlan received a B.A. from the University of Tennessee in 1978 and a J.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1981. He was in private practice in Atlanta, Georgia from 1981 to 1987. He was the law director for the City of Knoxville, Tennessee from 1988 to 1998, thereafter returning to private practice in Knoxville from 1998 to 2003.

On January 7, 2003, Varlan was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee vacated by Robert Leon Jordan. Varlan was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 13, 2003, and received his commission on March 14, 2003. He became Chief Judge on October 8, 2012.

Sources

• Thomas A. Varlan at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Curtis Lynn Collier	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee 2012–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Robert Leon Jordan	Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee 2003–present