Harry Sandlin Mattice Jr. (born 1954) is a former
United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
Education and career
Born in
Chattanooga, Tennessee, Mattice received a
Bachelor of Science degree from the
University of Tennessee in 1976 and a
Juris Doctor
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from the
University of Tennessee College of Law in 1981. He was in private practice in
Tennessee from 1981 to 2001. He was a senior counsel to the United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs in 1997. He was the
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee The United States attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee is the chief federal law enforcement officer in forty-one Tennessee counties. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee has jurisdiction over all cases prosecuted b ...
from 2001 to 2005.
Federal judicial service
On July 28, 2005, Mattice was nominated by President
George W. Bush
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to a seat on the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee vacated by
Robert Allan Edgar. Mattice was confirmed by the
United States Senate on October 24, 2005, and received his commission on November 18, 2005. On October 8, 2019, Mattice announced his intent to take
senior status on March 10, 2020.
He retired from active service on September 30, 2021.
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1954 births
Living people
20th-century American lawyers
21st-century American judges
21st-century American lawyers
Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Lawyers from Chattanooga, Tennessee
United States Attorneys for the Eastern District of Tennessee
United States district court judges appointed by George W. Bush
University of Tennessee alumni
University of Tennessee College of Law alumni