Robert Allan Edgar Explained

Robert Allan Edgar
Office:Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Term Start:October 7, 2005
Office1:Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Term Start1:1998
Term End1:2005
Predecessor1:James Howard Jarvis II
Successor1:Curtis Lynn Collier
Office2:Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Term Start2:April 16, 1985
Term End2:October 7, 2005
Appointer2:Ronald Reagan
Predecessor2:Herbert Theodore Milburn
Successor2:Harry Sandlin Mattice Jr.
Birth Name:Robert Allan Edgar
Birth Place:Munising, Michigan
Education:Davidson College (B.A.)
Duke University School of Law (LL.B.)

Robert Allan Edgar (born 1940) is an inactive Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

Education and career

Born in Munising, Michigan, Edgar received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Davidson College in 1962 and a Bachelor of Laws from Duke University School of Law in 1965. He was in the United States Army from 1965 to 1967 and became a captain.[1] While in the army, he served in intelligence and security services in Vietnam during the Vietnam War September 1966 to March 1967.[1] He was in private practice in Chattanooga, Tennessee from 1967 to 1985. He was a representative in the Tennessee State Legislature from 1970 to 1972.[2]

Federal judicial service

On February 26, 1985, Edgar was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee vacated by Judge Herbert Theodore Milburn. Edgar was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 15, 1985, and received his commission on April 16, 1985. He served as Chief Judge from 1998 to 2005, assuming senior status on October 7, 2005. He took inactive senior status on June 30, 2016, meaning that while he remains a federal judge, he no longer hears cases or participates in the business of the court.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.fedbar.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Edgar_Oct2005-pdf-3.pdf Hon. Robert Allan Edgar: Chief U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Tennessee
  2. Web site: Edgar, Robert Allan - Federal Judicial Center. www.fjc.gov.