Background
Durand, Kemper Bartlett was born on June 28, 1939 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Loyal and Dorothy (Lee) Durand.
Durand, Kemper Bartlett was born on June 28, 1939 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Loyal and Dorothy (Lee) Durand.
Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, 1961). University ofTennessee (Juris Doctor, 1963). Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi.
Law Clerk to Honorary Marion South. Boyd, Chief Judge, United States.
District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 1964-1965. Assistant United States.
Attorney, Western District of Tennessee, 1968-1972. Chairman, Speedy Trial Planning Committee for United States.
District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 1975-1984.
Member, Local Rules Committee for United States. District Court, Western District of Tennessee, since 1989. Chairman, United States.
Magistrate Merit Selection Committee, United States.
District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 1990. Panel Member, Disciplinary Board of Tennessee Supreme Court, 1983-1988.
Worked at Thomason, Hendrix, Harvey, Johnson & Mitchell (Memphis, Tennessee) specializing in General Civil and Criminal Practice in all Courts. Professional Liability, Products Liability, Health Care, Insurance, Corporations, Banking, Trademark and Patent, Media, Immigration, Domestic and Administrative Law, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Real Estate, Bankruptcy, Construction Law, Mortgage Banking, Zoning and Land Use, Environmental Law. Admitted to the bar, 1964, Tennessee.
1971, United States.
Supreme Court. Delta Kappa Epsilon. Phi Delta Phi. Law Clerk to Honorary Marion South. Boyd, Chief Judge, United States.
District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 1964-1965. Certified Mediator, Federal and State Court.
Assistant United States.
Attorney, Western District of Tennessee, 1968-1972. Chair, Speedy Trial Planning Committee for United States. District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 1975-1984.
Member, Local Rules Committee for United States.
District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 1989-1990. Chair, United States.
Magistrate Merit Selection Committee, United States. District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 1990.
Chair, Federal Defender Evaluation Committee, United States.
District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 1993. Panel Member, Disciplinary Board of Tennessee Supreme Court, 1983-1988. Member: Memphis (Member, Board of Directors, 1980-1982), Tennessee (Chairman, Criminal Law and Procedures Committee, 1984-1986) and American (Member, Grand Jury Procedures and Practice Committee, 1983-1991.
Liaison between Tennessee Bar Association and American Bar Association Council on Criminal Justice, 1985-1988.
Member, Strike Force Committee, 1989-1991) Bar Associations. Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member: Board of Governors, 1975-1978.
Strike Force Committee). National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member, Strike Force Committee, 1989-1991).
Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation.
Founded in 1967 as Thomason, Crawford and Hendrix, the firm changed its name in 1982 upon the elevation of West. Frank Crawford to the Tennessee Appellate Bench. Of the ten largest law firms in Memphis, Thomason, Hendrix, Harvey, Johnson & Mitchell is the youngest and one of the fastest growing. Through participation in national and international bar associations and organizations, the firm has established and maintains an active relationship with lawyers and law firms in most large American cities and in the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Germany, Switzerland and the Czechoslovakian Republic.
Member, Local Rules Committee for United States. District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 1989-1990. Chair, United States.
Magistrate Merit Selection Committee, United States.
District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 1990. Chair, Federal Defender Evaluation Committee, United States.
District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 1993. Panel Member, Disciplinary Board of Tennessee Supreme Court, 1983-1988.
Member: Memphis (Member, Board of Directors, 1980-1982), Tennessee (Chairman, Criminal Law and Procedures Committee, 1984-1986) and American (Member, Grand Jury Procedures and Practice Committee, 1983-1991.
Liaison between Tennessee Bar Association and American Bar Association Council on Criminal Justice, 1985-1988. Member, Strike Force Committee, 1989-1991) Bar Associations. Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member: Board of Governors, 1975-1978.
Strike Force Committee).
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member, Strike Force Committee, 1989-1991). Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation.
Fellow, Tennessee Bar Foundation.
Married Lillian Fuqua, September 7, 1963. Children: Kemper Bartlett Junior, Jennings Fuqua.