Background
Edward Cheek, James was born on June 13, 1962 in Abingdon, Virginia, United States.
Edward Cheek, James was born on June 13, 1962 in Abingdon, Virginia, United States.
Harvard University; The University of the South (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1984). Vanderbilt University (Juris Doctor, 1987).
Worked at Winderweedle, Haines, Ward & Woodman, P.A. (Orlando, Florida) specializing in Litigation, Appellate Practice and Appeals, Bankruptcy. Admitted to the bar, 1987, Tennessee. 1988, Florida and United States.
District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee.
1989, United States. District Court, Middle District of Florida. 1993, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit and United States.
Supreme Court.
Phi Beta Kappa. Omicron Delta Kappa. Managing Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 1986-1987.
Law Clerk to Judge John Y. Powers, United States.
Magistrate for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1987-1988. Contributing Author and Speaker, "Appellate Practice for the General Practitioner," Florida Bar, 1993, 1995. Company-Author, with Nancy South. Freeman, "Judgment Liens on Homestead Which are not Avoidable in Bankruptcy: Timing is Everything," 68 Florida Bar Journal, Number.
4 (1994).
Member: Orange County, Tennessee and American (Member, Appellate Practice Section) Bar Associations. The Florida Bar.
Member: Orange County, Tennessee and American (Member, Appellate Practice Section) Bar Associations. The Florida Bar.