Background
Wright, Thomas Jon was born on May 27, 1958 in Little Rock. Son of Robert Derwood and Nina Lou (Hughes) Wright.
Wright, Thomas Jon was born on May 27, 1958 in Little Rock. Son of Robert Derwood and Nina Lou (Hughes) Wright.
University of Kansas. University of Arkansas (Bachelor of Science, with honors, 1980). University of Tennessee (Juris Doctor, with high honors, 1983).
Beta Gamma Sigma.
Order of the Coif.
Working as a partner of DIETZEN, ATCHLEY & WRIGHT. Thomas J. WRIGHT, bom Little Rock, Arkansas, May 27, 1958. Admitted to bar, 1984, Tennessee. Education: University of Kansas.
University of Arkansas (Bachelor of Science, with honors, 1980).
University of Tennessee (Juris Doctor, with high honors, 1983). Beta Gamma Sigma; Order of the Coif.
Member: Moot Court Board. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.
Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award in Decendent’s Estates.
Advocate’s Prize Moot Court Competition Best Brief Award. Law Clerk to the Honorable Thomas G. Hull, Chief Judge of the United States. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1985-1986.
Member:.
Admitted to the bar, 1984, Tennessee.
Republican precinct chairman Hamilton County, Tennessee, since 1989, member steering committee, 1990. Member American Bar Association (litigation committee, ethics committee young lawyers division 1987-1989, pro bono committee since 1989, Executive Committee 1988-1989), Tennessee Bar Association, Chattanooga Bar Association (pro bono committee 1987-1990), Christian Legal Society (vice president Chattanooga chapter 1989, president 1990, director legal aid program since 1987), Association Trial Lawyers American, Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association, Pachyderm Club (board directors 1987-1988, vice president 1988-1989, president 1989-1990, editor newsletter), Ducks Unlimited, Order of Coif, Beta Gamma Sigma.
Married Dawn Dynise White, June 16, 1984. 1 child, Rachel.