Curtis Lynn Collier

Personal

Birthday: 
1949
Birthplace: 
Marianna, AR
Race or Ethnicity: 
African American
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

U.S. Air Force, 1974-1979
Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1979-1987
Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Tennessee, 1987-1995

Education

Name of School: 
Tennessee State University
Degree: 
B.S.
Degree Year: 
1971
Name of School - Second: 

Duke University School of Law

Duke Law School is an ambitious, forward-thinking, and innovative institution whose mission is to prepare students for responsible and productive lives in the legal profession. As a community of scholars, the Law School also provides leadership at the national and international levels in efforts to improve the law and legal institutions through teaching, research, and other forms of public service.

Degree - Second: 
J.D.
Degree Year - Second: 
1974

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
Court Name: 

Tennessee Eastern District Court

President Nominating: 
William J. Clinton
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
5/10/1995
Retirement from Active Service: 
10/31/2014