Background
Milburn, Herbert Theodore was born on May 26, 1931 in Cleveland, Tennessee, United States. Son of J.E. and Hazel (Shanks) Milburn.
Milburn, Herbert Theodore was born on May 26, 1931 in Cleveland, Tennessee, United States. Son of J.E. and Hazel (Shanks) Milburn.
Student, U. Chattanooga, 1949-1950; Student, Boston University, 1950-1951; Bachelor of Science, East Tennessee State University, 1953; Juris Doctor, U. Tennessee, 1959.
Association, Folts, Bishop, Thomas, Leitner & Mann, Chattanooga, 1959-1963; partner, Bishop, Thomas, Leitner, Mann & Milburn, Chattanooga, 1963-1973; judge, Hamilton County Circuit Court, Chattanooga, 1973-1983; judge, United States District Court (eastern district) Tennessee, Chattanooga, 1983-1984; judge, United States Court Appeals (6th circuit), Chattanooga, since 1984; senior judge, United States Court Appeals (6th circuit), Chattanooga, since 1996; now semi-retired, United States Court Appeals (6th circuit). Member of faculty National Judicial College U. Nevada, Reno, 1980, Tennessee Judicial Academy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1982.
President Hamilton County Young Representatives, Chattanooga, 1965. Member Chancellor's Roundtable U. Tennessee, Chattanooga, 1983-1986. President Lakeside Kiwanis,1964.
With United States Army Security Agency, 1953-1956. Member American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association (commissioner 1971-1973, member professional ethics and grienvance committee), Chattanooga Bar Association (secretary-treasurer 1967), Federal Bar Association (chairperson United States judicial conference commission on administrative office of the United States courts since 1994), American Legion, East Tennessee State University Foundation, Signal Mountain Golf and Country Club, University Club Cincinnati, Kiwanis.
Married Elaine Dillow, August 23, 1957. Children: Blair Douglas, Elizabeth Elaine.