Background
Brown, Joe Blackburn was born on December 9, 1940 in Louisville. Son of Knox and Miriam (Blackburn) Brown.
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Joe Blackburn Brown
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Bachelor cum laude, Vanderbilt University, 1962; Juris Doctor, Vanderbilt University, 1965.
Career
Assistant United State Attorneys, Department Justice, Nashville, 1971-1973;
1st assistant United State Attorneys, Department Justice, Nashville, 1974-1981;
United State Attorneys, Department Justice, Nashville, 1981-1991;
special assistant United States trustee, Department Justice, Nashville, 1991-1998;
United States magistrate judge,, United States District Court (middle district) Tennessee, Nashville, since 1998. Lecturer law Attorney General's Advocacy Institute, since 1982, Nashville School Lab, since 1999. Vice chairman Attorney General's Advisory Committee, 1986-1987, chairman subcommittee on sentencing guidelines, member subcommittee on budget and office management, 1982-1991;instructor mathematics and business law Augusta (Georgia) College, 1966-1969.
Instructor law Nashville School Law, since 1999.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Mid-Cumberland Drug Abuse Council, Nashville, 1977-1986. Assistant scoutmastr Boy Scouts American. Vestryman St. David's Episcopal Church, senior warden, 1982, 90.
Church attorney Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee. Lieutenant colonel Civil Air Patrol, since 1996. Major United States Army, 1965-1971.
Colonel Judge Advocate General Corps, United States Army Reserve retired. Fellow Tennessee Bar Association, Nashville Bar Foundation. Member FBA (treasurer 1978), Nashville Bar Association (board directors 1995-1997, Executive Committee 1996-1997, vice president 1997), Radio Amateur Transmitting Society (president 1997-1998), National Association Flight Instrs., Professional Association Div Instrs., Kentucky Bar Association, NRA (life, Distinguished Rifleman award), Harry Phillip Inn of Court (master of bench and bar since 1994), Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
Married Marilyn McGowen, August 10, 1963;children: Jennifer Knox, Michael McGowen.
