Martha Craig Daughtrey
 
Date and Place of Birth
  • 1942, Covington, Kentucky
Education
  • Vanderbilt University, B. A., cum laude, 1964
    • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Vanderbilt University, J. D., 1968
    • Order of the Coif
Private Practice
  • Solo Practitioner, Nashville, Tenn., 1968-1969
Judicial Experience
  • Judge, Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, 1975-1990
  • Associate Justice, Tennessee Supreme Court, 1990-1993
  • Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1993-2008
  • Senior Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2009-
Judicial Committees & Activities
  • Sixth Circuit Judicial Council, Executive Committee Member, 1993-2008
Government Service
  • Assistant United States Attorney, Middle District of Tennessee, 1968-1969
  • Assistant District Attorney, Nashville, Tenn., 1969-1972
Academic Positions
  • Assistant Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School, 1972-1975
  • Lecturer, Vanderbilt University Law School, 1976-1982
  • Adjunct Faculty, Vanderbilt University Law School, 1988-1991
  • Faculty, New York University Appellate Judges Seminar, 1977-1990, 1994-present
  • Faculty, The National Judicial College, 1981 & 1989
Professional Associations
  • American Bar Association
    • Chairman, Appellate Judges' Conferene, 1984-1985
    • Commission on Women in the Profession, 1994-1997
    • Board of Editors, ABA Journal, 1995-present
    • Chairman, Judicial Administration Division, 1989-1990
    • Standing Committee on Continuing Education of the Bar, 1991-1994
  • Tennessee Bar Association
  • Federal Bar Association
  • Nashville Bar Association
    • Board of Directors, 1988-1990
  • American Judicature Society
    • Board of Directors, 1988-1992
  • National Association of Women Judges
    • President, 1984-1985
  • Lawyers Association for Women
    • President, Nashville chapter, 1986-1987
  • Women Judges Fund for Justice
    • President, 1983-1984; 1985-1986
  • Tennessee Judicial Conference
    • Executive Committee, 1977-1980
  • Institute of Judicial Administration
  • Jurist in Residence, Indiana University School of Law, 1991
  • Tennesse Bar Foundations, Fellow
  • American Bar Foundations, Fellow
  • Harry Phillips American Inns of Court
Civic & Other Activities
  • Vice president, Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse , 1972
  • Chairperson, Nashville Women's Political Caucus, 1975
  • Chairperson, Board of Visitors, University of Memphis, 1978-1984
  • Mercer University's Walter F. George Law School, Board of Visitors,
  • Tennessee Women's Forum
  • International Women's Forum
Honors and Awards
  • Woman of the Year, Ladies Home Journal, 1977
  • Athena Award, National Athena Program, 1991
  • President's Award, National Association of Women Lawyers, 1998
  • Honoree of the Year Award, National Association of Women Judges, 1998
  • Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award, Ameican Bar Association, 2004