Background
Gordon, J. Houston was born on September 16, 1946 in Camden, Tennessee, United States. Son of Houston Darnal and Florence Jane (Culvahouse) Gordon.
lawyer political organization worker
Gordon, J. Houston was born on September 16, 1946 in Camden, Tennessee, United States. Son of Houston Darnal and Florence Jane (Culvahouse) Gordon.
Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts cum laude, University Tennessee, Martin, 1968. Juris Doctor, University Tennessee, Knoxville, 1970. Master of Laws in Taxation, George Washington University, 1973.
Millar vs Thomas, 657 S.W.2d 750 (Tenn. 1983); Rose vs Burlison, 701 S.W.2d 609 Tenn. 1985); Starnes vs First American National Bank, 723 S.W.2d 113 (Tenn. App. 1986); State vs Bobby Butler, 626 S.W.2d 6 (Tenn. 1981); Tipton County Board of Education vs Dennis, 561 S.W.2d 148 (Tenn. 1978); Uhlhorn vs Keltner I, 637 S.W.2d 844 (Tenn. 1982); Uhlhorn vs Keltner II, 723 S.W.2d 131 (Tenn. App. 1986); United States vs Burton, 21 USCMA 112, 44 CMR 166 (1971); United States vs Calley, 46 CMR 1131 (ACMR 1973); 22 USCMA 534, 48 CMR 19 (USCMA 1974); Calley vs Callaway, on habeas corpus, 519 F2d 184, en banc, (5th Cir. 1975); 382 F. Supp. 650, M.D. Ga. 1974; Wright vs State of Tennessee, en banc, 628 F2d 949 (6th Cir. 1980), vacated earlier panel opinion 613 F2d 647 (6th Cir. 1980); Wachtel v. Office of Thrift Supervision, 982 F.2nd 581 (D.C. Cir. 1993).Admitted to the bar, 1970, Tennessee. 1978, District of Columbia. Phi Delta Phi. Contributing Author: "Justice and the Military," Edited by Homer E. Mayer, Junior, Public Law Education Institute, 1970.
"Congressional Reapportionment: The Pandora's Box of Judicial Intervention In Politics and How to Put The Lid Back On," Memphis State Law Review, Volume 6, No. 3. Author: "The Admissibility of Law and Expert Opinions," Tennessee Law Review, Fall 1989, Volume 57, No. 1. Assistant District Attorney General, 16th Judicial Circuit of Tennessee, 1974-1975.
County Attorney, Tipton County, Tennessee, 1981-1983. Member: Tennessee Commission to Study Appellate Courts 1991. Advisory Commission to The Supreme Court on Rules of Civil and Appellate Procedure 1985-1992.
Appellate Court Nominating Commission. Board of Trustees, University of Tennessee, 1990. Member: Tipton County, Memphis and Shelby County (Member: Syllabus Committee, 1978.
Committee on Judicial Practice and Procedure, 1979), Tennessee and American Bar Associations. District of Columbia Bar. Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1979-1987.
President, 1987-1990). The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. American Board of Trial Advocacy (Advocate).
American College of Trial Lawyers (Advocate). Military: Captain, Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States. Army, 1970-1974.
Alternate delegate National Democratic Convention, 1978 96. Democratic nominee United States Senate, Tennessee, 1996. Chair Tennessee Democratic Party, since 1997.
Second lieutenant Military Police Corps United States Army, 1970, captain Judge Advocate General Corps, 1970-1974. Fellow American Bar Foundation, American College Trial Lawyers. Member American Bar Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, American Board Trial Advocates (advisory), Tennessee Bar Association (advisor young lawyers division), Tennessee Bar Foundation, Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association (board governors 1976-1978, 80-96, president 1989-1990), District of Columbia Bar Association, Memphis-Shelby County Bar Association, Tipton County Bar Association, University Tennessee Alumni Association (board governors 1976-1978).
Married Deborah Watridge. Children: Nathan, Baker, Blake.