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Clifford Shirley
C. Clifford Shirley is a former federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. He was first appointed to this position on February 13, 2002, and he retired at the end of his last term on February 12, 2018.[1][2]
Education
Judge Shirley received his B.A. degree from David Lipscomb College in 1974 and his J.D. degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1977.[1]
Career
Judge Shirley was a private practice lawyer for 25 years before he became a Magistrate Judge. He spent 16 of those years with the law firm Lowe, Shirley & Yeager. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of Tennessee College of Law.[1]
Noteworthy cases
Lawyer contempt case (2010)
Judge Shirley declared prominent Eastern Tennessee Attorney James A.H. Bell in contempt of court. This came after Bell lied about meeting with a drug dealer to the judge. The drug dealer had actually been in jail at the time of the supposed meeting. Subsequently, on March 30, 2010, District Judge Curtis Collier harshly reprimanded Bell and ordered him to lecture on legal ethics to all the state's law schools and bar associations.[3]
See also
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
- United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
External links
Footnotes
Federal courts:
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Tennessee, Middle District of Tennessee, Western District of Tennessee • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Tennessee, Middle District of Tennessee, Western District of Tennessee
State courts:
Tennessee Supreme Court • Tennessee Court of Appeals • Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals • Tennessee Circuit Court • Tennessee Chancery Courts • Tennessee Criminal Court • Tennessee Probate Court • Tennessee General Sessions Court • Tennessee Juvenile Court • Tennessee Municipal Court
State resources:
Courts in Tennessee • Tennessee judicial elections • Judicial selection in Tennessee
