Martha Craig Daughtrey

Martha Craig Daughtrey
Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In office November 22, 1993 – January 1, 2009
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	New seat
Succeeded by	Jane Branstetter Stranch
Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court
In office April 1990 – November 1993
Appointed by	Ned McWherter
Personal details
Born	July 21, 1942 (1942-07-21) (age 69) Covington, Kentucky
Spouse(s)	Larry G. Daughtrey
Alma mater	Vanderbilt University (B.A.) Vanderbilt University Law School (J.D.)

Martha Craig Daughtrey (also known as Cissy Daughtrey) ^[1] (born July 21, 1942) is a senior judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Born Covington, Kentucky, Daughtrey received a B.A. from Vanderbilt University in 1964 and a J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School in 1968. She was briefly in private practice in Nashville, Tennessee in 1968, then became an assistant United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, stationed in Nashville, from 1968 to 1969. She was an assistant district attorney for the Tenth Judicial Circuit of Tennessee, also in Nashville, from 1969 to 1972. She was a member of the faculty of the Vanderbilt University Law School, as an assistant professor of law from 1972 to 1975 and as a lecturer in law from 1975 to 1982, returning as an adjunct professor from 1988 to 1990. She was an Associate judge of the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, Middle Division from 1975 to 1990, becoming an Associate Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1990 until her appointment to the federal bench in 1993.

On August 6, 1993, Daughtrey was nominated by President William J. Clinton to a new seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, created by 104 Stat. 5089. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 20, 1993, and received her commission on November 22, 1993. She assumed senior status on January 1, 2009.

Her daughter, S. Carran Daughtrey, is an Assistant United States Attorney, appearing in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (one of the subordinate courts to the Sixth Circuit) and currently teaching at Vanderbilt University Law School.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} President's Perspective: Celebration of women lawyer pioneers to be held in June, Kathryn Reed Edge, Tennessee Bar Association Journal, April 2001. Retrieved 30 October 2007.

• Martha Craig Daughtrey at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Persondata
Name	Daughtrey, Martha Craig
Alternative names
Short description	United States federal judge
Date of birth	July 21, 1942
Place of birth	Covington, Kentucky
Date of death
Place of death