TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 11, 2019

U.S. District Judge Sandy Mattice has notified President Trump that he intends to step down from the federal court effective March 10, 2020. Mattice has served in the Eastern District of Tennessee for more than 20 years, first as the U. S. attorney and later as district judge, the Hamilton County Herald reports. He was appointed to the bench by President George W. Bush in 2005. Before entering federal service, Mattice was a shareholder with Baker Donelson and a partner at Miller & Martin in Chattanooga. He also served as a senior counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs during a special investigation.