S. Thomas Anderson
{{Short description|American judge (born 1953)}}
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| office = Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
| term_start = March 18, 2017
| term_end = January 20, 2023
| predecessor = J. Daniel Breen
| successor = Sheryl H. Lipman
| office1 = Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
| term_start1 = May 21, 2008
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| appointer1 = George W. Bush
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| office2 = Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
| term_start2 = 2003
| term_end2 = May 21, 2008
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Stanley Thomas Anderson (born 1953) is United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.
Education and career
Anderson received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Tennessee in 1976 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Memphis School of Law in 1980. He was then in private practice in Tennessee until 1983, and again from 1987 to 2003, serving in the interim as an assistant commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Transportation from 1983 to 1985, and as a claims commissioner for the Tennessee Department of Treasury from 1985 to 1987.{{FJC Bio|nid=1392701|name=Stanley Thomas Anderson}}
=Federal judicial service=
In 2003, Anderson became a United States magistrate judge for the Western District of Tennessee. On September 6, 2007, he was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee vacated by James Dale Todd. On April 10, 2008, Anderson was confirmed by the United States Senate{{Cite web |last=Dries |first=Bill |date=April 11, 2008 |title=Anderson Confirmed as U.S. District Judge - Memphis Daily News |url=https://www.memphisdailynews.com/news/2008/apr/11/anderson-confirmed-as-us-district-judge//print |access-date=November 29, 2023 |website=www.memphisdailynews.com}} by voice vote.{{Cite web |date=April 10, 2008 |title=PN873 — Stanley Thomas Anderson — The Judiciary |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/110th-congress/873 |access-date=November 29, 2023}} and received his commission on May 21, 2008. He became Chief Judge on March 18, 2017{{Cite web |title=S. Thomas Anderson {{!}} United States Courts |url=https://www.uscourts.gov/judicial-milestones/s-thomas-anderson |access-date=November 29, 2023 |website=www.uscourts.gov |language=en}} and served until January 20, 2023.
In May 2024, NPR revealed that Anderson had received free travel in December 2021 to the Breakers Colloquium, a privately funded legal seminar hosted at The Breakers resort in Palm Beach, Florida, but had failed to disclose this on his annual financial disclosure form for that year, in violation of federal ethics law.{{Cite web |last=Dreisbach |first=Tom |last2=Johnson |first2=Carrie |date=2024-05-01 |title=When judges get free trips to luxury resorts, disclosure is spotty |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/05/01/1247512187/federal-judges-disclosures-luxury-trips |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501093641/https://www.npr.org/2024/05/01/1247512187/federal-judges-disclosures-luxury-trips |archive-date=2024-05-01 |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=NPR}} In response, a public affairs officer for the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts told NPR that this omission was "due to an inadvertent oversight."
References
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External links
- {{FJC Bio|nid=1392701|name=Stanley Thomas Anderson}}
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Category:Judges of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
Category:United States district court judges appointed by George W. Bush
Category:United States magistrate judges