John Knox Walkup

Education

Bachelor magna cum laude, Centre College Kentucky Juris Doctor, Harvard University.

Career

Law clerk to Chief Justice, Tennessee Supreme Court, 1972-1973; formerly in private practice, Burson & Walkup, Memphis chief counsel, staff director subcommittee governmental affairs, United States Senate chief deputy attorney general, State of Tennessee, 1985-1989; solicitor general, State of Tennessee, 1989-1993; attorney general, State of Tennessee, since 1997; former partner, Gullett, Sanford, Robinson & Martin, Nashville. Former part-time assistant county attorney Shelby County, Tennessee. Lecturer Law School Vanderbilt University, 1993-1995.

Achievements

• John Knox Walkup has been listed as a reputable State attorney general by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, Nashville Bar Association.

Connections

M. Betsy Walkup; children: Alice, Margaret.

child:

Alice Walkup

child:

Margaret Walkup