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Posted by: Kate Prince on Jan 12, 2023

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee will host a formal investiture tomorrow for U.S. Magistrate Judge Jill E. McCook. Chief U.S. District Judge Travis R. McDonough will preside over the Knoxville ceremony and U.S. District Judge Thomas A. Varlan will make remarks and administer the oath of office. McCook took office on Jan. 31, 2022, succeeding U.S. Magistrate Judge H. Bruce Guyton, who will also speak at the ceremony. Retired U.S. Magistrate Judge C. Clifford Shirley Jr. will give the invocation. Knoxville Bar Association President Loretta G. Cravens will present McCook with a commemorative robe and Wayne A. Ritchie II will make comments as chair of the Merit Selection Panel. The event will start at 10 a.m. EST. in the ceremonial courtroom of the Howard H. Baker Jr. U.S. Courthouse. A reception will be held following the ceremony in the breezeway of the courthouse.