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Holly Kirby's Biography

Contact Information

Office

100 Peabody Place, 11th Floor
Memphis, TN 38103

Full Name:

Holly Kirby

Gender:

Female

Family:

Married: Russell; 2 Children

Birth Place:

Memphis, TN

Religion:

Presbyterian

JD, University of Memphis School of Law, 1982

BS, Engineering, University of Memphis, 1979

Chief Justice, Tennessee State Supreme Court, 2023-present

Justice, Tennessee State Supreme Court, 2014-2023

Appointed by Governor Haslam, Justice, Tennessee State Supreme Court, 2013

Partner, Burch, Porter and Johnson, 1983-1995

Judge, State Court of Appeals, State of Tennessee, Western Section, 1995

Judicial Law Clerk, Honorable Harry W. Wellford, Sixth Circuit, United States Court of Appeals, 1982-1983

Member, Executive Committee, Tennessee Judicial Conference, present

Member, Idlewild Presbyterian Church, present

Member, Interbranch Committee, Council of State Governments, present

Member, Memphis and Shelby County Bar Association, present

Member, Shelby County Association for Women Attorneys, present

Member, Tennessee Bar Association, present

Member, Tennessee Lawyers' Association for Women, present

Former Law Review Notes Editor, University of Memphis School of Law

Member, Board of Judicial Conduct, 2012-2014

Member, Independent Ethics Panel, Court of the Judiciary, 1998-2012

Member, Leo Bearman Senior American Inn of Court, 1985-1998

Member, Tennessee Appellate Court Nominating Commission, 1989-1994

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